Taliban, Afghan govt will meet to discuss prisoner release: Afghan officials

• "To carry out these further discussions, a Taliban team will meet with the government face-to-face in Afghanistan in the coming days," the NSC said on Twitter.

KABUL: Officials from the Afghan government will meet with Taliban members to discuss an initial release of insurgent prisoners, Afghanistan's National Security Council announced Wednesday.
The announcement comes after the two sides met earlier via video conference.

The US and the Taliban signed a deal in Doha last month that outlined the release of 5,000 Taliban prisoners and 1,000 from the government side.
"To carry out these further discussions, a Taliban team will meet with the government face-to-face in Afghanistan in the coming days," the NSC said on Twitter.