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Pul-e-Charkhi prison

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Pul-e-Charkhi prison

Pul-e-Charkhi prison (Dari: زندان پل چرخی), also known as the Afghan National Detention Facility, is a maximum-security prison located next to the Ahmad Shah Baba Mina neighborhood in the eastern part of Kabul, Afghanistan. It has the capacity to house 14,000 inmates, but as of October 2024 it only

has around 5,000 inmates, most of whom have been arrested and convicted within the jurisdiction of Kabul Province. It is considered the country's largest prison.

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