Taliban officials say several members of the militant group freed from Afghan jails, including former shadow governors
Afghan security personnel escort arrested alleged Taliban and Daesh militants during an operation in Jalalabad province on October 1, 2019.
The Taliban officials spoke on Sunday on condition of anonymity because they were not cleared by their leadership to speak to the media. The Associated Press contacted both Afghanistan's defence department and the president's office but they declined to comment. The meeting is significant and the first Khalilzad has held with the Taliban since last month when US President Donald Trump declared a deal that seemed done, but for the signing, "dead," blaming an uptick in violence by the Taliban, that included the death of a US soldier.
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