A prisoner exchange is meant to build confidence on both sides for those talks. A spokesperson for the Afghan government said it would continue working on the prisoner release plan. Pompeo urges sides to keep at itA 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. In exchange, the Taliban were expected to free 20 members of the Afghan security forces.

Source: CBC News April 07, 2020 17:03 UTC