KABUL prisoners, the National Security Council (NSC) says.
Javed Faisal, spokesman for NSC, told Pajhwok Afghan News 1,000 Taliban prisoners were released following a decree issued by President Ashraf Ghani during Eid-ul-Fitr and a three-day ceasefire.
He said the inmates had been freed from prisoners in 18 provinces -- mostly from Pul-i-Charkhi and Bagram jails. Approximately, 600 inmates walked from Bagram jail.
Under the presidential decree, about 2,000 prisoners would be released -- 9,000 in the . . .
