Taliban suspend talks with Afghan govt for prisoners´ exchange
(WorldNews Pakistan)

PESHAWAR: The Afghan peace process suffered another setback as Taliban suspended talks with the Afghan government for prisoners’ exchange and called their three-member delegation back to Doha from Kabul after accusing the Kabul administration of creating hurdles in the peace process. Senior Taliban leaders in Doha and Afghanistan told The News they had sent the delegation to Kabul for identification and verification of their 5,000 prisoners as the US had pledged to get them released in exchange for the Afghan government’s 1,000 prisoners. The decision was made in the peace deal signed by the US and Afghan Taliban in Doha on February 29. According to Taliban sources, they had...