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Dozens of pardoned inmates freed from Herat jail

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HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): As many as 154 prisoners, including 14 women, have been released from the central jail in western Herat province in compliance with a presidential decree, the jailor said on Monday.

The prisoners were released during a special ceremony at the jail in Herat City, the provincial capital. The jail warden, Sardar Mohammad Zazai told the ceremony held the inmates released had been pardoned under the presidential decree issued on the occasion of March 8 (International Women's Day) and April 28 (