Officials say these people were arrested on petty-charges and there were no terrorist suspect among them.
Brigadier General Abdullah Azizi, officer of the provincial jail in Herat says that the prisoners were released following a decree by President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani issued on the eve of Eid-ul-Fitr.
He said that based on the decree the imprisonment period of some other inmates have also reduced.
This comes after over 400 prisoners were released from the same jail about three months before.
There are currently nearly 3,000 inmates in the provincial captivity of Herat who are detained on different charges including terrorism.
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