41.   They were freed under presidential orders issued between June and December.

42.   They, along with other top Taliban officials, were freed under an amnesty deal that protects ex-Taliban figures who surrender voluntarily, he said.

43.   It did not say how many prisoners will be freed under the amnesty.

44.   Pekala and Chmielewski were freed under amnesty.

45.   The Bethlehem deal took shape four days after Arafat was freed under heavy US pressure from a month-long siege of his West Bank base in Ramallah.

46.   The first Palestinian to be freed under the West Bank deal was a woman on Sunday.

47.   The majority of the Afghans will be freed under an amnesty granted to Taliban members who surrender and hand over their weapons.

48.   The majority of the Afghans will be freed under an amnesty granted to Taliban members who surrender and hand over their weapons, he said.