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May 2nd, 2017 
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nsnbc : The release of 69 members of Hezb-e-Islami in Afghanistan has been delayed due to issues sparked between the party, the Afghan government and the Human Rights Commission.
Hekmatyar back in Afghanistan. (archives)
A spokesperson of Hezb-e-Islami said earlier the 69 (70) prisoners were due to be released on Monday. However, he said, the process was delayed after the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission interfered with the release of the prisoners.
Nader Afghan, the acting head of Hezb-e-Islami spke to reporters and said that Afghanistan’s Independent Human Rights Commission’s interfered and that this interference resulted in the blockage of the release of 13 key members of the party.
In what may have been “a slip of the tongue”, Nade Afghan said the names of 13 key “ISIS” members were not on the list as they had the Pul-e-Charkhi and Bagram prison to receive the prisoners after their release.
On Monday Afghan President Ashraf Ghani signed a decree for the release of the first batch of Hezb-e-Islami prisoners, consisting almost 70 people. Officials at the presidential palace stated last month that the release of Hezb-e-Islami prisoners will begin as the per the peace agreement between the state and Hezb-e-Islami and with the return of the party’s leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar.
Controversially, ex-war-lord Hekmatyar already displayed his appreciation of human and civil rights by criticizing media’s allegedly irresponsible reporting about him and his party. Hekmatyar, a former, long-standing friend of Turkey’s now president R. Tayyip Erdogan appear to share views with regard to freedom of speech and censorship of media. It was first in 2013 that Erdogan designated his Al-Qaeda linked acquaintance as a terrorist.
President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani also chaired the National Security Council meeting late in February and instructed the relevant authorities to take immediate steps in implementation of the peace agreement with Hezb-e-Islami.
The peace agreement was signed in September 2016, months after negotiations between the Afghan High Peace Council and the Hezb-e-Islami delegation. The release of the prisoners of Hezb-e-Islami from the jails was one of the main conditions of the peace agreement. The conclusion of peace agreement also resulted in the removal of Hekmatyar’s name from the United Nations Security Council sanctions list and his return to Afghanistan.
Hekmatyar arrived in eastern Laghman province of Afghanistan last week and appeared in a gathering for the first time in nearly 20 years. Hekmatyar also attended a gathering in eastern Nangarhar province on Sunday in the presence of high level government officials, including the second vice president Mohammad Sarwar Danish.
F/AK – nsnbc 02.05.2017
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