KABUL prisoners who are yet to be released, 56 have been sentenced to death, says a top presidential aide.
Presidential spokesman Sidiq Sidiqi said in an interview soon after President Ghani signed an order for the release of the hard-core Taliban inmates.
Another 156 prisoners, who are to be freed in compliance with Ghani’s orders, have been convicted of drug smuggling, according to the official.
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