INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Director General of the Office of Prisons Administration, Mohammad Yusuf Mestri, says nearly 200 Afghan prisoners, who had been
arrested in Iran for various crimes, were handed over on Friday to the Islamic Emirate through the Silk Bridge border crossing.
Mestri added
that as part of the prisoner handover process, a total of 484 Afghan prisoners detained in Iran for different offenses will be transferred
to the Islamic Emirate following negotiations.
He stated that the transfer process officially began on Friday with the handover of 199
Afghan inmates, each of whom will be sent to their respective provinces to serve the remainder of their sentences.
Meanwhile, two Iranian
prisoners were also handed over to Iranian authorities last night as a gesture of goodwill and positive engagement.
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