261 Afghan civilians were killed and 602 injured as a result of Taliban violence in the last 50 days, the Ministry of Interior Affairs said on October 31, adding that the group conducted roughly 2,000 attacks during this period, reports Tolo News. “The Afghan National Security and Defense Forces in retaliation to these attacks inflicted heavy casualties to them (the Taliban). Over the past 50 days, up to 2,000 members of the Taliban terrorists were killed and wounded,” said Tariq Arian, Spokesman for the Ministry of Interior Affairs. The Afghan Government on October 31, said that it released over 6,000 Taliban prisoners for peace with the hope that violence is reduced and a ceasefire is announced, but the Taliban acted against the government's "goodwill gesture", defied its commitments and increased attacks on Afghans. “The Taliban did not stop this unjustified war against its own people. The group instead has increased the war. The government released over 6,000 Taliban prisoners for the sake of a ceasefire, but the Taliban did not announce it,” said Dawa Khan Menapal, Deputy Spokesman for President Ashraf Ghani.