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Summary Pakistan intends to release all Afghan Taliban prisoners still in its detention.
ABU DHABI: Foreign Secretary Jalil Abbas Jilani said on Friday that Pakistan intends to release all Afghan Taliban prisoners still in its detention.
"The remaining detainees, we are coordinating, and they will be released subsequently," Jilani said at a news conference in Abu Dhabi.
Asked if the former Taliban number 2 Mullah Baradar would be among those to be released, he said: "The aim is to release all," without elaborating further.
It is worthy of note that Pakistan has recently a number of Afghan prisioners in order to bring the peace process on track.
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