JALALABAD (Pajhwok): More than 130 prisoners, including seven children and a woman, were released from the central prison in eastern Nangarhar province on Wednesday, an official said.
Nangarhar Governor Hayatullah Hayat told Pajhwok Afghan News that 131 inmates were freed and jail sentences of another 111 prisoners reduced in compliance with a presidential decree issued on the Mujahidin’s victory day.
He said jail was a place of learning and reform for prisoners and hoped the freed individuals would live as skilled people in their society.
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