KABUL – The President of Afghanistan, Ashraf Ghani has pardoned 75prisoners loyal to former warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar.
Press Officer at the Pul-e-Charkhi Prison in the east of Kabul, Shah MirAmirpoor says the prisoners were released today in line with PresidentAshraf Ghani’s decree.
The deal gave Hekmatyar and his followers immunity for past actions andgranted them full political rights. (AP)