Prisoners

Iran will repatriate a thousand Afghan prisoners to their home country over the next two months, says an official.

Around 11,000 persons, including 1,150 women have been imprisoned nationwide, an official said on Sunday.

The caretaker government of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) has asked Iranian authorities to extradite the remaining Afghan prisoners, an official said on Wednesday.

Nearly 350 prisoners have been released from prisons nationwide on the eve of Eid-ul-Adha on the bases of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) order, a statement said on Sunday.

About 15 undocumented Afghans have returned to the country after being released from jails in Pakistan, the Ministry of Refugee and Repatriation (MoRR) said on Saturday.

FEROZKOH (Pajhwok): About 50 prisoners, including nine women, have been freed from the central prison in western Ghor province on . . .

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Afghanistan Supreme Court has announced the release of 2,178 prisoners on the occasion of Eid-ul-Adha from various jails across . . .

KABUL (Pajhwok): More than 2,460 prisoners were released after being pardoned on the occasion of Eidul Fitr and sentences of another 470 prisoners commuted .

KABUL (Pajhwok): Forty-one prisoners, including seven women, have been set free in western Ghor province ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr festival. The inmates . . .

KABUL (Pajhwok): About 190 Afghan nationals have been released from jails in Pakistan’s Sindh province and sent to their homeland, the Afghan Embassy in Islamabad

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) says Iran handed over 268 Afghan prisoners to local authorities in border town of Islam Qala in

ASADBAD (Pajhwok): Prisoners held at the central jail in eastern Kunar province say besides teaching how to read and write . . .