Afghan FM to press Pakistan on Taliban releases
- Published: 30 Nov 2012 at 14.47
- Online news: Asia
Afghanistan on Friday sent a second high-level delegation in weeks to Islamabad to press for the release of Taliban prisoners in a bid to kickstart peace efforts, officials said.
This file photo shows a security guard closing a gate of a prison in the tribal area of Kurram Agency, in north-west Pakistan. Afghanistan on Friday sent a second high-level delegation in weeks to Islamabad to press for the release of Taliban prisoners in a bid to kickstart peace efforts, according to officials.
Talks this month between Pakistan and Afghanistan's High Peace Council resulted in the release of nine Taliban, but not the militia's former deputy leader, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, who was captured in 2010.
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