<br />''The Afghan government and the Taliban yesterday held their first discussion on arranging possible prisoner exchanges. The US special envoy for Afghanistan informed this on Twitter.<br />''<br />''US special envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad said that the US and Qatar facilitated the first Afghan government to Taliban technical talks on prisoner releases, via Skype video conferencing.<br />''<br />''He had said on Wednesday that it was "urgent" to quickly conclude plans for such exchanges as the Coronavirus pandemic was  complicating diplomatic contacts. <br />''<br />''<br />