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KABUL, April 7 (Xinhua) -- Talks between the Taliban outfit and Afghan government to exchange their prisoners have been disrupted as the armed group announced Tuesday to stop meeting the opposite side over the subject.

"But, unfortunately, the release of prisoners has been delayed under one pretext or another till now. Therefore, our technical team will not participate in fruitless meetings with relevant sides starting from tomorrow," a Taliban Spokesman Suhail Saheen said in his Twitter account.

The release of 5,000 Taliban detainees and 1,000 Afghan government forces is part of a peace deal inked between the Taliban and the United States signed in Qatar capital Doha on Feb. 29.

Under the agreement, the United states ends its longest war in its history, withdraw thousands of troops from Afghanistan and facilitates the intra-Afghan dialogue to find political salutation to the war-torn country.

In line with the agreement, a three-member Taliban delegation is in Afghanistan since last week to secure the release of group's fighters from Afghan government jails.

"We sent a technical team to Kabul for the verification and identification of our prisoners to secure their release as per the agreement reached with United states but the Kabul administration delaying the release," Shaheen said.

However, a Presidential Palace Spokesman Latif Mahmoud has rejected the Taliban claim as a baseless accusation, saying the Afghan government has taken all essential steps to "ensure the release of the detainees" and now it is Taliban's turn to response positively.

A government official Abdul Matin Big also said Monday the Taliban group has been demanding the release of 15 key commanders who are notorious for their involvement in subversive activities and their release would contribute to increase in violence.

Afghan government has expressed readiness to set free 100 Taliban prisoners everyday if the militant group agrees to observe ceasefire.

Expressing anger over the delay of prisoners swap, the Taliban outfit earlier on Sunday said in a statement that the "peace deal inked on Feb. 29 has been violated by the United States and its allies."

Taliban Spokesman Shaheen said that the armed group had reduced its attacks on Afghan government forces since inking the peace deal, but the Afghan government and the U.S. military continue to attack the Taliban-held areas and the Taliban fighters.