The release of hundreds of Taliban-linked prisoners and the status of U.S. bases in Afghanistan are among the issues Taliban leaders want to negotiate in U.S.-backed talks to end the war in Afghanistan.
"This meeting with the U.S. authorities would either help pave the way for more meaningful talks or stop them forever," a Taliban commander told NBC News for a Saturday report. "If they are sincere in talks in the future, they would accept our proposal for a prisoners exchange." The Afghan government is unlikely to concede to this request without a commensurate concession from the Taliban.
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