2,600 HIG Inmates Identified in Afghan Prisons: Chief Negotiator

The chief negotiator of Hizbi Islami Gulbuddin said on Friday that around 2,600 members of this political party are currently in prisons in Afghanistan, adding those who have not committed crimes will be set free.

“So far around 2,600 people may be less or more have been identified who are in prisons in Afghanistan, those who are not accused of any crime will be released,” Amin Karim the chief negotiator of HIG said in an interview with Ariana News.

He added that most of their militants have been arrested in accusation of having relation with the Taliban fighters, claiming the party has more than ten thousand militants in the country.

Recently a peace agreement was negotiated and signed between the government of Afghanistan and HIG. Based on the agreement the government has promised to spare no effort to work with the UN Security Council to remove the names of the party leadership from UN sanction list and grant Hekmatyar amnesty for past offences and to release certain HIG prisoners.

Now, officials in the Afghan High Peace Council say that UN Security Council and the United States are ready to remove Hekmatyar’s name from the sanction’s list.

The government of Afghanistan has promised to submit an official letter asking to remove Hekmatyar’s name from the UNSC sanction’s list not later than end of this week.

The HIG is fighting against the government of Afghanistan since 1978. Since then the group has taken the responsibility of some deadly attacks in Afghanistan.

Reported by: Fawad Naseri