Islamabad - Afghanistan's Taliban Islamic movement had agreed yesterday to release all Iranian prisoners held by it, a UN envoy, Mr Lakhdar Brahimi, said. Quoted by Pakistan's state radio, he said in Islamabad that the decision was conveyed to him during his talks with Taliban authorities in the southern Afghan town of Kandahar earlier in the day.
Taliban agree to free Iranians
Islamabad - Afghanistan's Taliban Islamic movement had agreed yesterday to release all Iranian prisoners held by it, a UN envoy…
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