"In Herat, photos and eyewitness accounts suggest many civilians including children are among the victims of an Afghan airstrike. In Herat, photos and eyewitness accounts suggest many civilians including children are among the victims of an Afghan airstrike. — U.S. Special Representative Zalmay Khalilzad (@US4AfghanPeace) July 22, 2020The Taliban issued a statement denouncing attacks on Taliban prisoners freed as part of the peace deal. The statement warned that violence against freed prisoners will undermine the deal signed in February and make the job of keeping freed prisoners from returning to the battlefield that much more difficult. Much of the delay has been a result of Kabul's reluctance to free some Taliban prisoners identified for release as part of the agreement.