KABUL (Pajhwok): The government has released hundreds of prisoners from various jails across the country on the account of Eid-ul-Adha, an official said on Friday.
Government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid wrote on his Twitter account: “According to the decree of Amir al-Mu’minin and the directive of the Supreme Court, on the eve of Eid-ul-Adha, a total of 935 prisoners with relatively trivial cases have been released from prisons in 34 provinces.”
Recently the government released 117 prisoners in Laghman and 350 prisoners in Kandahar province.
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Ahmad Shah Erfanyar
