Horndiplomat-Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi has pardoned 14 prisoners of war captured from Puntland.-Horndiplomat reports
“Considering the Regional Peace and Security, I have granted a Presidential Pardon to all 14 Puntland Prisoners of War captured by Somaliland National Army during Tukaraq conflict. “President Muse Bihi Abdi said in a Twitter post .
On 18 May, Somaliland President Musa Bihi Abdi has announced his administration released the prisoners of War who were captured during Turkaraq skirmishes between Puntland forces and Somaliland’s National Army.
Somaliland President has urged Puntland President Saed Abdilahi Deni should also release Somaliland prisoners of war.
The fighting between Somaliland and Puntland erupted outside the village of Tukaraq. It lies between the main towns of Las Anod in Somaliland – and Garowe in Somalia’s semi-autonomous region of Puntland.
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