Therefore, our technical team will not participate in fruitless meetings with relevant sides starting from tomorrow. A prisoner exchange is meant to build confidence on both sides for those talks. A three-member Taliban team arrived in Kabul last month from Qatar to begin the prisoner exchange process. Last week, Afghan officials said they would release 100 Taliban prisoners who were sick or over the age of 50. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo welcomed the arrival in Kabul of the Taliban team as good news.

Source: The Express Tribune April 07, 2020 04:18 UTC