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Hundreds Of Taliban Prisoners Freed By Afghanistan Under Cease-Fire Deal

Since early April, Afghanistan has freed some 1,100 Taliban detainees as part of a prisoner-swap deal. The exchange is a precursor to peace talks between the Taliban and an Afghan government delegation aimed at ending the two-decade-old war.​ The agreement was struck in February in Qatar between the Taliban and the United States and lays out a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan.

Afghan National Army soldiers escort a convoy of Taliban prisoners during their release from Bagram prison, outside the U.S. military base in Bagram, some 50 kilometers north of Kabul.
9 Afghan National Army soldiers escort a convoy of Taliban prisoners during their release from Bagram prison, outside the U.S. military base in Bagram, some 50 kilometers north of Kabul.
An Afghan National Army soldier escorts Taliban prisoners during their release from Bagram prison.
10 An Afghan National Army soldier escorts Taliban prisoners during their release from Bagram prison.
Taliban prisoners during their release from Bagram prison on May 25.
11 Taliban prisoners during their release from Bagram prison on May 25.
Former Taliban prisoners stop a taxi in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on May 26 -- a day after their release from Bagram prison.
12 Former Taliban prisoners stop a taxi in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on May 26 -- a day after their release from Bagram prison.

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