Islamabad: Pakistan has released eight more Taliban prisoners including Ex-Justice minister Mullah Nooruddin Turabi and Ex-governor Hilmond Abdul Bari, foreign office spokesman stated on Monday.
In a statement released on Monday, Moazzam Khan said that Mullah Dawood Jan, Allah Dad and Amir Ahmad Gul were also among the recently released Taliban prisoners.
Last month, Pakistan released 18 prisoners at the request of the Afghan High Peace Council, the Pakistani Foreign Ministry said in its statement. In early December it promised to release more members of the group.
Both developments were seen as signs that Pakistan, long accused of backing militants, was supporting a new push to bring peace to a country with which it shares a long border and tumultuous history.
The Afghan and US governments accuse Islamabad of backing insurgents _ an allegation Pakistan denies _ and say many militant leaders are hiding in the country.
So far the militant group’s former deputy leader, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, has not been released, although Afghanistan has been pressuring Pakistan to set him free.
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