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FILE- In this March 9, 2020, file photo, Washington's peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad, center, arrives for inauguration ceremony for Ashraf Ghani at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan. After a series of delays, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani issued a decree early Wednesday, March 11, 2020, promising to release 1,500 Taliban prisoners as a goodwill gesture to get intra-Afghan negotiations started, even though a deal signed by the United States and the Taliban calls for the release of up to 5,000 prisoners ahead of the much sought after negotiations.(AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

FILE- In this March 9, 2020, file photo, Washington's peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad, center, arrives for inauguration ceremony for Ashraf Ghani at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan. After a series of delays, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani issued a decree early Wednesday, March 11, 2020, promising to release 1,500 Taliban prisoners as a goodwill gesture to get intra-Afghan negotiations started, even though a deal signed by the United States and the Taliban calls for…

March 11, 2020

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Afghans set to release 1,500 Taliban; US wants less violence
March 11, 2020 1:19 p.m.

Afghans set to release 1,500 Taliban; US wants less violence

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — After a series of delays, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani issued a decree early Wednesday promising to release 1,500 Taliban prisoners as a goodwill gesture to get intra-Afghan negotiations started.