Afghanistan government announces team for Taliban talks

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The Taliban had demanded the unconditional release of 5,000 prisoners before starting talks with the government [File: Sorin Furcoi/Al Jazeera]

Afghanistan's government has announced a 21-member team to negotiate with the Taliban in a tentative sign of progress for the United States-brokered peace deal.

The team, announced late on Thursday by the country's State Ministry of Peace, is headed by Masoom Stanekzai, a former chief of the National Directorate of Security and supporter of President Ashraf Ghani, and includes politicians, former officials and representatives of civil society. Five members are women.

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