TIRINKOT (Pajhwok): Hundreds of residents of central Uruzgan province on Tuesday protested to demand the release of an influential tribal elder.
The elder, Rahim Khan, brother of former Uruzgan police chief Matiullah Khan, was arrested last year over possessing illegal weapons and he was kept in Pul-i-Charkhi prison before sending him to the Bagram jail.
Rahim Khan faces accusations ranging from collapse of several security check-posts to other illegally activities in the province.
As the government has started releasing Taliban prisoners, residents . . .
