Afghan Taliban govt releases 2,463 prisoners ahead of Eid

KABUL: Afghanistan’s Taliban government released 2,463 prisoners ahead of Eid, the supreme court said on Saturday.

The court said on X that “2,463 prisoners who were eligible for amnesty were released, while 3,152 others received sentence reductions” as per a decree by the Taliban supreme leader.

While the exact number of prisoners held by various security bodies in Afghanistan is unclear, the UN has warned of a growing prison population in the country.

A spokesman for...