The Taliban on Wednesday rejected Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's offer to release 1,500 insurgent prisoners ahead of peace talks, saying it wanted 5,000 captives freed before opening negotiations.
Taliban political spokesman Suhail Shaheen told AFP the prisoners should be released “as a trust-building measure” before intra-Afghan talks. Any changes amounted to a violation of the deal struck between the insurgents and Washington in Doha last month, he added.