Afghan President Ashraf Ghani launched Sunday a process to release up to 2,000 Taliban prisoners as a "good will gesture" in response to the insurgents' offer of a three-day ceasefire, his spokesman said. "President Ghani today initiated a process to release up to 2,000 Taliban prisoners as a good will gesture in response to the Taliban's announcement of a ceasefire during Eid," Ghani's spokesman Sediq Sediqqi announced on Twitter. mam-jds/amj