Pakistan releases, sends back 524 Afghan prisoners

The Embassy of Afghanistan in Islamabad has announced that 524 Afghan detainees including 54 women and 97 children were released from Karachi prisons earlier today.

The Afghan Embassy in Islamabad in collaboration with the Taliban’s Consulate General in Karachi has worked hard to facilitate the release of 524 Afghan detainees including me 54 women and 97 children. These detainees have spent two months imprisonment and were incarcerated by the Sindh police due to not having legal documents (visa and stay permit).

The Afghan Embassy has stated that the transportation cost and travel arrangements of the released Afghan nationals will be covered by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan through its Diplomatic Mission in Karachi.

Also, the dead body of an inmate name “Abdul Khalil” originally from Faryab province who had died in prison, was sent to Afghanistan along with the released prisoners.