Al Jazeera TV channel has recently announced that the Taliban will release 20 Afghan government prisoners as a “goodwill step.” It will be the first time the Taliban has released prisoners following the February peace agreement between the Taliban and U.S. The release comes days following the government’s release of 300 Taliban prisoners.
It seems that the Taliban are really trying to become a political force in Afghanistan, rather than (just) an armed insurgency faction. The question is: “What’s next?” “What will it be their political program?” “Will we be seeing a democratization of the Taliban?” “Will there be cantons in Afghanistan where the Taliban will officially rule?” or at least “Places where the Afghan Government will decline having sovereignty?”
Questions still to be answered
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