The self-styled Islamic State or Daesh group held 127 people, including 19 Afghan soldiers, captive in its three jails in Achin district of eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Thursday. During an interview with Pajhwok Afghan News,…
Officials on Wednesday said that the seven persons who were kidnapped two weeks back in southern Ghazni province were released by their captors. Earlier, unidentified gunmen abducted seven civilians in the Qarabagh district. Shafiq Nang, the…
The released inmates in southwestern Nimroz province on Wednesday complained about lack of facilities in the prison. As many as 19 prisoners were freed and some were given commutation in their punishment in compliance with the presidential decree,…
State Department’s envoy for closure of the Guantánamo Bay jail Cliff Sloan has resigned, dealing a blow to President Obama’s push to shut down the detention facility in Cuba. Sloan, who took up the post in July 2013,…
KABUL (HPC) on Sunday said the four former Guantanamo Bay detainees would be reunited with their families soon, urging the US to transfer the remaining Afghan prisoners to the country. The US transferred the four detainees to Afghanistan late Friday,…
A jailbreak attempt has been frustrated in central Kapisa province, local authorities claimed on Wednesday. Nasir Ahmad Malakzada, in charge of the main prison here, told Pajhwok Afghan News the inmates wanted to dig up a tunnel.…
Following intervention from the provincial, prisoners have called off their hunger strike in Badakhshan central jail, a public representative said on Saturday. Provincial council head Abdullah Naji Nazari told Pajhwok Afghan News the inmates had gone on hunger…
Islamabad on Friday announced handing over 29 Afghan nationals, apprehended during an ongoing operation in the tribal region of North Waziristan Agency. The military described the move as a goodwill gesture toward the Ashraf Ghani administration, saying the…
Hundreds of prisoners held at the notorious Pul-i-Charkhi jail east of Kabul have been on hunger strike over the past five days, vowing to continue their strike until their demands are met. Muhibullah, a prisoner who talked to…
Two prisoners managed to escape from the central jail in western Herat province, an official said on Monday. Six others were captured while trying to flee. Abdul Rauf Ahmadi, police spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News, eight prisoners…
Family members of prisoners expressed concerns the way the inmates were being treated inside the Kilagi prison in northern Baghlan province. They feared the situation would again lead prisoners to clash with security forces. On June 26,…
More than 210 prisoners were released from the Pul-i-Charkhi jail on the eastern outskirts of Kabul on Sunday, officials said. An official of the Attorney General Office (AGO), Capt. Aziz Ahmad Sarbaz, said based on a presidential…
Ninety-six prisoners, including three women, were released on Sunday in northwestern Faryab and central Maidan Wardak provinces in compliance with a presidential decree, officials said. Faryab Court of Appeal Judge Habibullah Wasiq told Pajhwok Afghan News that President…
Iran has handed over 16 prisoners to the Afghan government, an official said on Sunday. The Afghans jailed in Iran were released after a bilateral agreement between the neighbours on exchanging prisoners. This was the first step…
KABUL on Tuesday said they felt captive in the new place. As many as 29 women have been released in compliance with a presidential decree issued on the 22nd anniversary of Mujahidin Victory Day. Supreme Court official Syed Murad Sharifi…
Appointed by President Karzai, a probe team on Saturday claimed NATO-controlled prisons not only existed on the Kandahar Airfield but also on a base in southern Helmand province. Afghan Military Police commander Gen. Ghulam Farooq Barekzai, the…
After a jailbreak that killed three police guards, 38 dangerous inmates have been shifted from the central jail in northwestern Faryab province to a prison in Kabul, an official said on Monday. Officials on Friday said three Taliban…
Twenty-six female inmates were released from the Badam Bagh prison of Kabul on Monday, an official said. Jail terms of several others were reduced. Attorney General Office (AGO) representative Aziz Ahmad Sarbaz told a news conference in Kabul…
The Ministry of Interior (MoI) on Monday asserted its readiness to take full control of the Bagram Prison in central Parwan province from Americans and provide inmates with equal facilities. A Ministry of Interior official said this at…
A police and an inmate were wounded in a dispute between jail guards and prisoners inside the jail of southern Ghazni province, an official said. The dispute occurred after guards were forcing their way inside the block…
KABUL): A review board investigating prisoner cases on Monday announced the release of 650 “innocent” inmates from the Bagram jail in central Parwan province. Abdul Shakoor Dadras, a member of the board, told a news conference in Kabul they had…
TARINKOT (PAN): Six inmates have escaped from prison in central Uruzgan province by breaking a wall of the facility, an official said on Saturday. Abdullah Himmat, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the prisoners were involved in criminal…
LASHKARGAH (PAN): One policeman has been killed and four others injured when a suicide bomber targeted a police check post in Marjah district of the southern Helmand province, an official said Thursday. Fawad Askari, provincial police spokesperson, told Pajhwok Afghan…
FARAH CITY (PAN): The number of prisoners, who have been on hunger strike over the past 11 days at the central jail in western Farah province, has risen to 167, an official said on Tuesday. Around 20 inmates, including two…
