Prisoners

KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): Three prisoners had escaped from the central jail in southern Kandahar province by squeezing through a gate, despite tight security measures inside

KABUL): President Hamid Karzai on Saturday ordered the creation of a board for investigating cases of inmates of the Bagram prison in central Parwan province,

LASHKARGAH (PAN): A 26-year-old resident of southern Helmand province, Noor Ahmad, who was released from 45 days in Afghan Taliban’s captivity in the southern Pakistani

KABUL): The US military would resume and complete the transfer of all inmates held at the controversial Bagram jail in central Parwan province to the

KUNDUZ CITY (PAN): More than 100 prisoners are kept under a makeshift arrangement made of wood and clothes in the central jail in northern Takhar

KABUL (HPC), some Kabul-based political commentators alleged on Wednesday, accusing Islamabad of perusing its old policy of seeking strategic depth in Afghanistan. Pakistan announced last

KABUL): A senior Afghan prison official on Monday rejected as untrue a United Nations report suggesting police and intelligence men continue to torture and abuse

KABUL, on Sunday called torture one the most serious violations of human rights and dignity. While welcoming the UN’s efforts to monitor detention centres, the

KABUL militants in its custody “in return for money” from the US, some Kabul-based political commentators alleged on Saturday. Pakistan plans to release all Taliban

KABUL): Amid concerns over human rights violations and torture, the US military has halted transferring detainees to some Afghan prisons, a move that may fuel

KABUL Chairman Salahuddin Rabbani said on Saturday. Addressing a press conference following a visit to Islamabad last week, Rabbani hoped the prisoners’ release would play

JALALABAD (PAN Victory Day, officials said on Monday. The beneficiaries of President hamid Karzai’s orders had had served half of their jail terms, Prison Department