KABUL, June 20 (Xinhua) -- A total of 269 Afghan nationals who were held in Pakistan's prisons have been set free and repatriated to their homeland Afghanistan on Thursday, reported the local media outlet Tolonews on Friday.

The former inmates including women and children who had spent three months in different jails in Pakistan were handed over to Afghan authorities at the Torkham crossing point, the private media outlet added.

Pakistan has set free hundreds of Afghan inmates over the past six months. Islamabad has also asked Afghan refugees without legal travel documents to leave the neighboring country. ■