Taliban Releases Over 2000 Prisoners Ahead of Eid al-Adha
The Taliban’s Supreme Court announced that 2,178 prisoners were released by a decree attributed to Hibatullah Akhundzada, the group’s leader.
In a statement on Tuesday, the court said that these prisoners were released from prisons all over Afghanistan ahead of Eid al-Adha.
The statement added that the prison terms of 479 other prisoners were also reduced based on the Taliban leader’s decree.
The Taliban’s Supreme Court, however, did not explain the crimes of these prisoners.
Earlier, the Taliban Prisons Authority announced that more than 17,500 people have been prisoners of the group across Afghanistan.
After the Taliban’s return to power in August 2021, there have been reports of torture and human rights violations in the group’s prison.
