AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): The prisoners, whose identities were not yet disclosed, left Kabul on a flight to the Qatari capital Doha on Thursday evening, Reuters quoted two unnamed Afghan government sources as saying.
The inmates were accused of carrying out insider attacks on Afghan government troops and their release were objected by a number of Western powers.
According to the sources, the prisoners are to be kept under supervision in Doha, where US-brokered peace talks will also initially take place.
“The six will remain in Qatar until the end of November and could be transferred back to Kabul,” one of the sources said.
Citing three government sources and a diplomatic one, Reuters further reported that the Afghan negotiating team as well as Abdullah Abdullah, the head of Afghanistan’s High Council for National Reconciliation (HCNR), were planning to fly to Doha on Friday.
The opening ceremony for peace talks has been planned for Saturday followed by technical discussions on the agenda for negotiations, Reuters further said.
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