Nearly 2,000 women, children held in prisons across Afghanistan: Officials repport

Officials from the Afghan Ministry of Interior Affairs state that out of the total 10,000 to 11,000 prisoners in Afghanistan’s prisons, approximately 2,000 are women and children.

During a press conference today in Kabul, Mohammad Yousuf Mastri, head of the Afghanistan Prison Administration, announced that 1,000 female prisoners are in prisons.

He mentioned that among the 10,000 to 11,000 prisoners, including 1,000 women, 800 to 900 child prisoners are also detained by the authorities.