A delegation of Afghan Taliban will arrive in Islamabad today at the invitation of the Foreign Ministry

 

 A delegation of Afghan Taliban will arrive in Islamabad today at the invitation of the Foreign Ministry. The delegation will be led by Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar. The delegation will brief the Pakistani leadership on the reconciliation process between the Afghan factions. According to media reports, an Afghan Taliban delegation will visit Pakistan today at the invitation of the Foreign Ministry. The Afghan Taliban delegation will arrive in Pakistan from Doha tonight.

A delegation of Afghan Taliban is coming to Pakistan at the invitation of Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi. A delegation from the Afghan Taliban's political office, led by Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, will arrive in Islamabad. It was informed that the delegation would hold talks with the Pakistani leadership regarding the reconciliation process between the Afghan factions. Similarly, according to the news agency, Afghanistan has said that no more Taliban prisoners will be released until the Taliban release them. As a result, the peace talks that began this week may once again be postponed. The Afghan government has said it will not release the remaining 320 Taliban prisoners. Due to this, the proposed peace talks in the next few days may be postponed again. France and Australia have endorsed Afghanistan's position of not releasing Taliban prisoners. Just last week, the traditional jirga agreed to release the last 400 prisoners. They include some prisoners who carried out violent attacks on Afghans and foreigners. The Afghan administration has released 80 prisoners since the jirga was convened, but has now suspended its release program. The 400 prisoners were the last of 5,000 Taliban prisoners to be released in exchange for the release of 1,000 Afghan security personnel held captive by Taliban fighters.

The transfer is being negotiated under a US-brokered agreement earlier this year. An Afghan National Security Council official told the news agency that there were no plans to release any more detainees. President Ashraf Ghani's spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said the two countries had expressed their concerns and reservations about six or seven of the 400 prisoners. He told reporters that the Afghan government was working with its partners to address concerns about the detainees. Siddiqui did not name the two countries that have expressed concern and reservations, but in recent days France and Australia have objected to the release of militants convicted of killing French and Australian civilians and soldiers.

The release of Taliban prisoners has been delayed by the Taliban due to some issues, Siddiqui said. We will release them. This is not a problem. But the move should be two-pronged. He said the Taliban were not releasing Afghans in their custody. But the Taliban has denied the allegations. Allegations of not releasing each other's prisoners are not new. The two sides have been making similar accusations since agreeing to prisoner exchanges and peace talks. The Taliban promised to attack US and NATO forces after the agreement was signed earlier this year. However, their attacks on Afghan security forces continue.