...Arabic for
students...
prisoners based on President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani
...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money...
’s decree, the Office of the National Security Council (ONSC) said.
According to a statement released by ONSC, the government released the 98 Taliban prisoners from Pul-e Charkhi prison on Sunday evening.
The statement further added that the goverment took into consideration the health condition, age and remaining prison term of the inmates as well as the ongoing efforts aimed at supporting the grinding of the peace processor and countering the spread of coronavirus (aka COVID19 or Chinese Plague)
...the twenty first century equivalent of bubonic plague, only instead of killing off a third of the population of Europe it kills 3.4 percent of those who notice they have it. It seems to be fond of the elderly, especially Iranian politicians and holy men...With the release of 98 more inmates, the Afghan government has so far released 748 Taliban prisoners from the jails,
...may they all bring the WuHu flu to their old units...
the Office of the National Security council adJavid Faisal, a spokesperson for the Office of National Security Council said Sunday that the government released 98 Taliban prisoners from jail on Saturday."Pursuant to President @ashrafghan’s decree, 98 Taliban prisoners were released yesterday (May 2nd) based on their age, health and length of remaining sentence as part of our efforts toward peace and battling COVID-19," he said in a Twitter post.
This comes as efforts are underway to expedite the release of prisoners in a bid to help the grinding of the peace processor and subsequent launch of intra-Afghan talks in a bid to find a negotiated political settlement for the ongoing conflict.