...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
group in Afghanistan has claiemd it has released 52 Afghan soldiers with an aim to save the lives of the prisoners from the risk of the novel coronavirus (aka COVID19 or Chinese Plague)
...the twenty first century equivalent of bubonic plague, only instead of killing off a third of the population of Europe it kills 3.4 percent of those who notice they have it. It seems to be fond of the elderly, especially Iranian politicians and holy men...(COVID-19) disease.
"Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan released 40 soldiers of the Kabul Administration in Kunduz Province today afternoon. The Islamic Emirate is trying to speed up prisoners’ release process in order to save lives of the prisoners from the risk of the coronavirus desease," Suhail Shaheen, a spokesperson for political office of Taliban Tweeted.
Shaheen posted another statement on Twitter late, stating that "As another step, 12 more soldiers of the Kabul Administrations were released in Kunduz Province today. This also includes 4 soldiers who had been sent to hospitals earlier on bail for their injuries and illness. This brings to 52 the number of prisoners released today."
The Afghan government has not commented regarding the claims of Taliban so far.
This comes as efforts are underway to expedite the release of prisoners in a bid to help the grinding of the peace processor and subsequent launch of intra-Afghan talks in a bid to find a negotiated political settlement for the ogoing conflict.