Some of the final 400 prisoners held by the government were freed in August
Afghanistan has resumed the controversial release of hundreds of Taliban prisoners.
A Taliban official told the AFP news agency that 200 prisoners had been freed by the Afghan authorities since Monday, while the Taliban reportedly released four Afghan commandos.
The release of Taliban inmates has been a pre-condition to negotiations to end 19 years of conflict in the country.
Peace talks are expected to start in Qatar within days of the full release.
An unnamed senior Afghan official told AFP that "dozens" of prisoners had been released on Monday, with the remaining prisoners due to follow suit "within a couple of days".
Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai praised the resumption of the prisoner release, which he described as a "positive step towards peace in Afghanistan".
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