Pakistan, July 1 -- US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and head of the Taliban political office Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar have discussed the implementation of the agreement, withdrawal of foreign forces, prisoners release, start of intra-Afghan dialogue and reduction in violence, a Taliban spokesman said on Tuesday.

Pompeo and Baradar spoke via video conference at a time when the slow pace of the release of Taliban prisoners has delayed negotiations among Afghans, scheduled to start on March 10.

Taliban political spokesman Suhail Shaheen said Baradar told Pompeo that Taliban are "committed to the start of the intra-Afghan dialogue but hurdles in release of prisoners have delayed the negotiations."

Taliban insist that the Afghan governm...