PESHAWAR: Afghan Ambassador Shukrullah Atif Mashal has said that Afghan embassy’s team would visit various prisons in Pakistan for identification of prisoners.

” A 10-member team of Afghan government would visit prisons in Pakistan to find out prisoners, who had either completed their jail terms or were granted bails but couldn’t be released,: he said while addressing refugees here on Tuesday.

Mashal said that Pak-Afghan officials have  agreed to work out a mechanism for swapping prisoners.

“Many prisoners arrested in pity nature offences in the two countries should be released,” he said.

Mr Mashal said the Afghan government would facilitate Pakistani officials to inspect jails in Afghanistan to identify Pakistani prisoners, who couldn’t be freed due to some reasons.