KABUL (Pajhwok): As many as 28,623 people are currently held in 37 prisons on different charges across the country, an official of the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said on Sunday.
Lt. Gen. Abdul AlimKohistani, head of MoI detention centers, told Pajhwok Afghan News the inmates had neither completed their jail terms nor their caseshad been tried yet. Of the 28,623 detainees, 20,872 are criminals and 7,751 others suspects.
He added 5,403 of the detainees were involved in drug-related crimes and . . .
