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2 Pul-i-Charkhi prison officials held on bribery charges

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KABUL (Pajhwok): Two workers of the Pul-i-Charkhi prison on the eastern outskirts of Kabul have been arrested for taking bribes from a prisoner’s relative.

The Department of Prison Affairs said on Thursday the two employees were caught red-handed while receiving 20,000 afghanis from an inmate’s relative.

A statement from the department said: “The detainees had sought the money from the prisoner’s relative and promised to give the inmate facilities in return.”

A case against the detainees had . . .

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Ahmad Shah Erfanyar