It is clear WFP programs save lives in Afghanistan every day. The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Deputy Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer Carl Skau said.

Two Pakistani prisoners in Bagram prison have died after they contracted Coronavirus, reports The News, a Pakistani media organisation.

Afghans have welcomed the exchange of prisoners between the government and the Taliban outfit as a step towards initiating intra-Afghan talks to find negotiated solution to the country's prolonged war.

Three Taliban prisoners who were to be freed in exchange for an American and an Australian national, both kidnapped in 2016, are still in custody in Bagram prison, north of the capital Kabul, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said Friday.