List of prisons in Afghanistan

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There are approximately 77 prisons and detention facilities in Afghanistan,[1][2][3] and at least one maximum security prison primarily for enemy combatants. The following is an incomplete list of prisons in Afghanistan:

Prisons in Afghanistan
Prison Status Classification Managed Opened Capacity Location
Parwan Detention Facility Operational Maximum Ministry of Defense 2009 ? Bagram Air Base, Parwan Province
Pul-e-Charkhi prison Operational Minimum Ministry of Interior 1970s 5,000 Kabul
[4][5][6][7][8][9] Operational Minimum[10] Ministry of Interior ? 3,500[11] Herat
Kandahar Prison[12] Operational Minimum Ministry of Interior ? 1,900[13] Kandahar
[14] Operational Minimum Ministry of Interior ? 1,700[15] Jalalabad
[16] Operational Minimum Ministry of Interior ? ? Mazar-i-Sharif[17]
[18] Operational Minimum Ministry of Interior ? 500[19] Ghazni
[20] Operational Minimum Ministry of Interior ? 500 Khost
Operational Minimum Ministry of Interior ? Over 500[21] Kunduz
[22][23] Operational Minimum Ministry of Interior ? ? Lashkar Gah
Salt Pit ? ? United States ? ? ?
Dark prison ? ? United States ? ? ?
Total capacity

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References[]

  1. ^ "UN Finds Progress in Torture Eradication in Afghan Prisons". TOLOnews. 17 April 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  2. ^ "UN: Some Progress in Afghanistan Torture Eradication, But Much Left To Do". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 17 April 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  3. ^ "More Than 300 Afghan Children, Many Older Than 5, Home Is Mother's Cellblock". The New York Times. 23 December 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  4. ^ Donati, Jessica (19 December 2013). "Alarm rises for Afghan women prisoners after Western troops leave". Reuters.
  5. ^ "71 pardoned prisoners released from Herat Jail".
  6. ^ "Female Herat prisoners upbeat about post-jail life".
  7. ^ "55 prisoners released from Herat prison".
  8. ^ https://www.pajhwok.com/en/2015/07/27/scores-prisoners-released-prison-herat
  9. ^ "Herat prison officials arrested".
  10. ^ "Behind Bars". 16 February 2011.
  11. ^ "The male prison in Herat in Afghanistan".
  12. ^ "Kandahar Central Jail should move out of city: Residents".
  13. ^ "60 prisoners released from Kandahar jail". Pajhwok Afghan News. 6 March 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  14. ^ "131prisoners released from Nangarhar jail".
  15. ^ "34 prisoners set free from Nangarhar prison".
  16. ^ "Prisoners flee Balkh jail after gunbattle with security guards".
  17. ^ "ICRC Audiovisual Archives".
  18. ^ "Afghan Taliban storm Ghazni prison, freeing hundreds". BBC News. 14 September 2015.
  19. ^ "Taliban frees hundreds in deadly Afghan prison raid".
  20. ^ "Khost prison security beefed up after Kunduz jailbreak".
  21. ^ "Taliban attack Afghan city of Kunduz, free inmates".
  22. ^ "ICRC Audiovisual Archives".
  23. ^ "Exclusive: Fearing more jailbreaks, Afghanistan rushed inmates out of Helmand".

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