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Mussa's release is good news but his detention highlights deficiencies in the Afghan legal system, said Leonard Leo, chairman of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, an independent, bipartisan U.S. federal government commission in Washington.

"The fact that another individual is currently jailed on similar charges shows that the U.S. government and international community need to seriously engage the Karzai government about protecting the religious freedoms of all Afghanis," he said.