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KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban government in Afghanistan said Saturday that it had reached an agreement with U.S. envoys on an exchange of prisoners as part of an effort to normalize relations between the two countries.

Afghan officials gave no details of a detainee swap and the White House did not comment on the meeting in Kabul or the results described in a Taliban statement.

The Afghan government released photographs from the talks, showing Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi with Adam Boehler, President Trump’s special envoy for detainee affairs.

On the issue of prisoners, Boehler “confirmed that the two sides would undertake an exchange of detainees,” the Taliban statement

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