Taliban was released from the custody of the fighters of the Afghan forces of special purpose, which were held in the Western province Herat. This is reported by the Qatari TV channel Al Jazeera, with reference to the representative of the Radical Movement “Taliban” (prohibited in Russia).
According to the source, 145 special forces who came to freedom came to freedom after passing the power and flight from the country of the former President of Ashraf Ghani.
On August 17, the Taliban declared an universal amnesty for former government officials and called for them to resume work in state institutions. At the same time it became known that some of the high-ranking representatives of the former authorities of Afghanistan were detained by supporters of the Taliban or disappeared after establishing the Taliban control over the country.
Hundreds of Afghans headed to Kabul International Airport for flight from the country of August 16. This happened after the Taliban captured the capital of Afghanistan Kabul on August 15. Many military and civil servants also decided to flee.
On the evening of August 16, Uzbek security forces were detained on the border with Afghanistan more than 150 military and civilians who tried to illegally penetrate the country, fleeing from the Taliban.
Previously, the Prosecutor General’s Office of Uzbekistan reported that for 14 and 15 August, the airspace of the republic was trying to break 22 aircraft and 24 helicopters from the territory of the neighboring Afghanistan, on board which was without a small 600 people. Later, the department denied this information.