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Afghan President signs decree to release 400 Taliban prisoners
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 11 (ANI): Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has signed a decree to release 400 Taliban prisoners, as part of efforts to begin intra-Afghan talks, a source at the Presidential Palace said.
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US says there's no secret deal with Afghanistan: Ashraf Ghani
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 10 (ANI): The United States has said there is no secret deal with Afghanistan, President Ashraf Ghani confirmed this after the Loya Jirga (grand assembly) approved the release of 400 Taliban prisoners as a goodwill gesture in a major breakthrough that will pave th
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Taliban says ready to begin intra-Afghan negotiations within a week
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Aug 10 (ANI): The Taliban is ready to begin intra-Afghan negotiations within a week if the prisoners' release is completed, said spokesperson Suhail Shaheen.
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In major breakthrough, Afghan Loya Jirga approves release of 400 Taliban p
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Aug 9 (ANI): The Loya Jirga of Afghanistan on Sunday approved the release of 400 Taliban prisoners in a major breakthrough that will pave the way for intra-Afghan talks.
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'Honest, direct talks' only way forward to resolve Afghanistan crisis: Abd
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 07 (ANI): As Afghanistan government readies up to hold talks with Taliban, Afghan High Council for National Reconciliation (HCNR) Chairman, Abdullah Abdullah, on Friday said that the honest and direct talks are the only way forward to resolve the current crisis in
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Pompeo calls for timely release of Taliban prisoners to begin intra-Afghan
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], Aug 7 (ANI): US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo has called for the timely release of the Taliban prisoners to begin the intra-Afghan talks.
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Prisoners to be employed in petrol pumps in Kerala
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], July 31 (ANI): In Kerala, the prisoners will now work as employees in petrol pumps and take home a salary, as the Kerala government has rolled out Petrol Pumps from jail premises in association with Indian Oil Corporation.
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COVID-19: Odisha releases over 16,000 prisoners as part of decongestion of
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], July 30 (ANI): The Odisha Government has released as many as 16,789 prisoners from various jails across the state during the period of four months, from March 20 to July 28 in view of the present scenario of COVID-19 pandemic.
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Relatives not allowed to meet prisoners on Rakhi in UP
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 28 (ANI): In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Uttar Pradesh jail administration said that relatives would not be allowed to visit prisoners on Rakshabandhan, but they can send Rakhis 24 hours before the festival so that they can be sanitised and given
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Delhi violence: Shahrukh Pathan moves court seeking to remain in high-risk
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 25 (ANI): Shahrukh Pathan, the man who allegedly opened fire at police personnel on February 24 during the northeast Delhi violence, approached a Delhi court on Saturday seeking not to transfer him with general prisoners claiming a threat to his life.
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2 COVID-19 positive prisoners absconding from care centre in Andhra's Elur
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Eluru (Andhra Pradesh) [India], July 25 (ANI): Two coronavirus positive prisoners have ran away from the COVID care centre in Eluru city, West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh on Saturday.
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Prisoners with good conduct to be released on Independence Day: Telangana
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 22 (ANI): Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Wednesday instructed the police department to release prisoners with good conduct on the occasion of Independence Day celebration.
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