225 military personnel, but the government denies it

‏The Taliban have announced the release of. According to the Farhat news agency, the armed Taliban claim to have released 225 government prisoners previously held by them in the two days of Eid al-Adha. Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the Taliban, said: “Today, on the second day of Eid, according to the ruling of the Amir al-Mo’menin, the leader of this group, and due to the efforts of the Prisoners’ Affairs Commission of the Islamic Emirate, 145 people Soldiers from the Kabul administration were released from prison and sent to their families with cash assistance. The source added that 80 people were released in Helmand, Farah, Ghor, Sar-e-Pul, Laghman, Takhar, Samangan and Parwan provinces yesterday. The total number of abandoned people in the two days of Eid is “225”. Meanwhile, Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman Mirwais Stanekzai echoed the Taliban spokesman’s remarks: “The group released a number of prisoners not out of pity and respect for Eid, but out of military pressure.” The government source added that if the Taliban had respected the days of Arafa and Eid, they would have reduced the intensity of the war on happy days, but on the contrary, the war has intensified in most parts of Afghanistan. The source said whether the liberated people were military or not: “The Taliban have released a small number of security forces and most of them are civilians who were captured under different names.” He emphasizes that not only during Eid, but also in the last few days, the Taliban have released less than 50 people, the least of whom are security forces, in a speech that has narrowed their sphere of pressure and sovereignty
Ehsanullah Sediqi
Farhat News / Kabul