President Ghani Rejects Taliban’s Ridiculous Offer
March 1, 2020
6:04 am
Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has refused the Taliban outfit’s demand for the release of 5,000 detainees within 10 days, saying no precondition is acceptable for initiating intra-Afghan talks.
“No commitment has been made for the release of 5,000 prisoners. This could be included at the agenda of the talks with the Taliban and if anyone released should not take arm against the people of Afghanistan,” Ghani told reporters at the Presidential Palace a day after the inking of a U.S.-Taliban peace deal at a ceremony held in Qatar’s Doha on Saturday.
A Taliban senior representative at the group’s liaison …
