Pakistan, July 6 -- The Afghan government and the Taliban could not remove differences over prisoner release on Sunday despite earlier announcement Afghan officials to unveil a plan for the release of nearly 1500 Taliban prisoners.

A presidential spokesman Sediq Sediqqi had tweeted the government will announce its new position on the fate of the remaining prisoners on Sunday after a detailed review of the issue.

The announcement was expected in the evening but it did not happen and officials told the media in Kabul that the announcement is delayed until Monday. But some sources in Kabul say the announcement is likely to delay further.

A Taliban prisoner commission's source told Daily Times that a Taliban team was involved in talks for ...