18 Afghans released from US controlled Bagram prison (Pul-i-Charkhi)
KABUL: National Reconciliation Commission (NRC) the other day helped release of 18 Afghan prisoners who served from two to four years jail terms in the heavily guarded US cells in Bagram airfield.
Speaking at a ceremony here, Said Sharif Yousufi an official in the National Reconciliation Commission said most of the freed afghan nationals, arrested for alleged involvement in disruptive activities and links with terrorist, were residents of Uruzgan, Ghazni, Helmand, Kandahar, Kunar and Laghman provinces.
The commission was trying to help release all the Afghan political prisoners in Bagram, Pul-i-Charkhi and Guantanamo jails, Yousufi added, the commission had managed to release 739 inmates from the mentioned jails.
The freed would be issued certificates to help them be safe and receive no harms from local and foreign security forces in Afghanistan, he added.
He urged the released to help the security and peace in the country and reconstruction efforts in their regions.
Among the released Abdul Rauf a resident of Tirinkot claimed he was arrested for no crime and spent two years in jail without any specific crime he lamented.
“I run a shop in my village the US forces came and took me out of my shop by the name of Talib and carried me to Bagram jail.” He claimed.
By the same token Zafar Jan a resident of Kunar claimed he spent two years in jail for having committed no crime, he added, US forces took him out of his house.
Source: International News Network
July 26th, 2008 | Category: Afghanistan, Detainee, Pul-i-Charkhi, Released
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