Prisoners

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,

HEART CITY (Pajhwok): Iran has handed over 16 prisoners to the Afghan government, an official said on Sunday. The Afghans jailed in Iran were released

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

KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): Appointed by President Karzai, a probe team on Saturday claimed NATO-controlled prisons not only existed on the Kandahar Airfield but also on

MAIMANA (Pajhwok): After a jailbreak that killed three police guards, 38 dangerous inmates have been shifted from the central jail in northwestern Faryab province to

KABUL (Pajhwok): Twenty-six female inmates were released from the Badam Bagh prison of Kabul on Monday, an official said. Jail terms of several others were