KANDAHAR (Pajhwok): Sixteen prisoners have been released from the central jail in southern Kandahar province in compliance with a presidential decree issued on the occasion of Eid Miladun Nabi.
The provincial appellate attorney, Abdul Rahman Koshan, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the released inmates had been convicted for various crimes. They included one woman and three children.
Koshan said another 87 prisoners got their jail terms reduced in the presidential decree.
Kandahar jail in-charge Col. Abdul Wali Hesarak said the central jail housed 1915 inmates, including 27
