GHAZNI CITY (Pajhwok): Officials on Wednesday said that the seven persons who were kidnapped two weeks back in southern Ghazni province were released by .
KABUL (Pajhwok): 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
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
MAHMOOD RAQI (Pajhwok): A jailbreak attempt has been frustrated in central Kapisa province, local authorities claimed on Wednesday. Nasir Ahmad Malakzada, in charge of the
FAIZABAD (Pajhwok): Following intervention from the provincial, prisoners have called off their hunger strike in Badakhshan central jail, a public representative said on Saturday. Provincial
KABUL (Pajhwok): Islamabad on Friday announced handing over 29 Afghan nationals, apprehended during an ongoing operation in the tribal region of North Waziristan Agency. The
KABUL (Pajhwok): 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
HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): Two prisoners managed to escape from the central jail in western Herat province, an official said on Monday. Six others were captured
PUL-I-KHUMRI (Pajhwok): Family members of prisoners expressed concerns the way the inmates were being treated inside the Kilagi prison in northern Baghlan province. They feared
KABUL (Pajhwok): More than 210 prisoners were released from the Pul-i-Charkhi jail on the eastern outskirts of Kabul on Sunday, officials said. An official
MAIMANA (Pajhwok): Ninety-six prisoners, including three women, were released on Sunday in northwestern Faryab and central Maidan Wardak provinces in compliance with a presidential decree,