Majority of the 887 prisoners who are expected to be released by the Afghan government are members of the Taliban, critics said, adding that it will have a possible impact on the country's situation and that the decision has been made without wider consultations.

The Presidential Palace has said that these inmates will be released on the order of the president within the next ten days.

A meeting of the US-Europe Group for Afghan Peace was held in Berlin on Tuesday with the participation of US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad, the head of the UN mission in Afghanistan Tadamichi Yamamoto, special envoys from the EU member countries and Afghan Deputy Foreign Minister Idris Zaman where the delegates held wide-ranging discussions on meetings on peace in Afghanistan in Norway, Germany, and Qatar.

Khalilzad said in a tweet that he had productive meetings with German Chancellor's Foreign Policy and Security Advisor Hecker, German Foreign Office Secretary Michaelis and German Special Envoy Markus Potzel.