To Release, Or Not To Release? Legal questions around Ghani’s consultative loya jirga on Taleban prisoners
Ehsan Qaane
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The Consultative Loya Jirga, called by President Ashraf Ghani to decide the fate of 400 Taleban prisoners, and whether they should be released to enable intra-Afghan peace talks, has begun. Ghani has argued that, according to the constitution and the penal code, it was not in his power to release these prisoners and therefore he […]
War and Peace
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