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Over 500 Taliban-Requested Detainees May Not Be Released: Sediqqi

Over 500 Taliban-Requested Detainees May Not Be Released: Sediqqi

KABUL - The Afghan government on Saturday said that there are serious reservations about the release of over 500 Taliban prisoners within the country’s legal and judicial institutions, and most likely these detainees will not be released.
“Our system (Afghanistan’s legal and judicial system) may not allow a number of the Taliban, who may not be the Taliban--or the individuals who were listed and are accused with other issues--to be released,” said Sediq Sediqqi, a spokesman to President Ashraf Ghani.
On June 6, the Afghan government revealed one of the main reasons behind the delay in the intra-Afghan negotiations, saying it is not releasing 597 prisoners of the 5,000 inmates that were to be freed as part of the confidence-building measures established in the US-Taliban agreement signed in late February.
These individuals are accused of “crimes and moral issues” and are on a list that was given to the government by the Taliban, said Ahmad Rashid Totakhil, head of the prisoners’ release affairs.
Later on July 9, The Taliban handed over a replacement list for the 592 prisoners which were originally rejected as release candidates by Afghan govt, a source said on Thursday.
But, the Presidential Palace has said that the list so far has not been shared. (TOLO NEWS)