[h=1]Pakistan 'frees seven Taliban prisoners'[/h]
Pakistan has released seven Taliban prisoners in a bid to further peace talks with Afghanistan, officials say.
The men were freed "in order to further facilitate the Afghan reconciliation process", said a foreign ministry statement.
It comes shortly after Afghan President Hamid Karzai visited Islamabad to further peace talks.
Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif said at the time he wanted to help regional efforts to stabilise Afghanistan.
The foreign ministry statement named those freed on Saturday as Mansoor Dadullah, Said Wali, Abdul Manan, Karim Agha, Sher Afzal, Gul Muhammad and Muhammad Zai.
Some 26 Taliban detainees have been freed during the past year, it added.
Pakistan has released seven Taliban prisoners in a bid to further peace talks with Afghanistan, officials say.
The men were freed "in order to further facilitate the Afghan reconciliation process", said a foreign ministry statement.
It comes shortly after Afghan President Hamid Karzai visited Islamabad to further peace talks.
Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif said at the time he wanted to help regional efforts to stabilise Afghanistan.
The foreign ministry statement named those freed on Saturday as Mansoor Dadullah, Said Wali, Abdul Manan, Karim Agha, Sher Afzal, Gul Muhammad and Muhammad Zai.
Some 26 Taliban detainees have been freed during the past year, it added.