KABUL, Afghanistan – Thirty Afghan men were released Monday from detention at main U.S. military base in Afghanistan, an official said.
The men had been held for differing amounts of time from a year or longer, said Syed Sharif Yousafi, spokesman for the national reconciliation commission.
Click here to visit FOXNews.com's Asia Center.
"From the beginning, we tried to get all Afghans released from American jails," he said.
Most were from provinces in the southern and eastern parts of the country, including Kandahar, Uruzgan, Helmand, and Paktia provinces, he said.
Several hundred Afghans remain at the detention facility at Bagram Air Base north of Kabul.
Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox