KABUL (HIA), President Ashraf Ghani’s office said on Wednesday.
Releasing HIA prisoners was part of a landmark peace deal between the government and the HIA signed in September.
The decision came at a National Security Council (NSC) meeting chaired by Ghani late on Tuesday, a statement from the Presidential Palace said.
The participants denounced the June 4 suicide attack on religious scholars as a barbaric and inhuman act. They extended deep sympathies to families of the victims.
During the meeting, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the NSC and Independent Human Rights Commission (IHRC) was also approved.
Articles of the agreement, aimed to oversee the Parwan jail, are:
Evaluation by IHRC of prisoners’ treatment at the Parwan jail;
Evolving a coordination mechanism among IHRC, NSC and the Ministry of Defence on the oversight commission’s visits to the prison;
Suggestions from IHRC for improving the prison situation;
Preparation of education plans by IHRC to improve the capacity of prison staff.
They also took a decision on the release of 269 inmates of HIA.
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