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prisoners whose release was approved by last week’s Loya Jirga, the National Security Council said on Friday.
The consultative Loya Jirga, the grand assembly of Afghan elders, last week approved the release of the 400 Taliban
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prisoners, a step that was seen as a key push for the start of the intra-Afghan negotiations.
The prisoners were released from Pul-e-Charkhi prison in Kabul, according to the National Security Council (NSC).
According to government data, out of the 400 prisoners in question, 156 of them have been sentenced to death, 105 of them are accused of murder, 34 of them are accused of kidnapping that led to murder, 51 of them are accused of drug smuggling, 44 of them are on the blacklist of the Afghan government and its allies, 6 of them are accused of assorted other crimes, 4 are accused of unspecified crimes.
A document seen by TOLOnews shows that at least 124 Taliban prisoners who were sentenced to death by the courts are currently kept in Pul-e-Charkhi and Bagram jails.
Sources have said that some countries such as the US, La Belle France and Australia have reservations about the release of some of the prisoners.