Taliban's supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada
Kabul: The Afghan caretaker government’s Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada has pardoned 349 inmates before Eid al-Adha, according to a statement by the country’s Supreme Court.
The statement noted that 279 other inmates were also exempted from their remaining prison sentence, Xinhua news agency reported.
Eid al-Adha, the largest annual religious festival in Afghanistan, will be celebrated from Monday to Wednesday.
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