"Even though the names of the three leaders released could not be ascertained, the Express Tribune reported that they were Mullah Abdul Ahad Jahangirwal, a former adviser of Mullah Omar, Mullah Abdul Manan, a former Taliban governor in Helmand and Mullah Younus, a former military commander.
The release comes just few days after the government- backed peace negotiators visited Pakistan and met the senior Taliban leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar.
"These are very important personalities," a Taliban leader was quoted as saying by the daily.
Pakistan has also quietly freed ten other low-key Taliban detainees over the past few weeks, the Afghan Taliban claimed. The number of freed Afghan Taliban since November has now crossed fifty.
Those quietly freed include Azeem Agha, former head of Kandahar Passport office, Muhammad Amin, Sardar, Nematullah, Inamullah, Janat gul, Adam Khan, Salahuddin, Syed Mehmood, Engineer Mehmood and Hayatullah.
In September, Pakistan had released senior Taliban commander Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar."
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