List of prisons in Afghanistan

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 FacilityOperationalMaximumMinistry of Defense2009?Bagram Air Base, Parwan Province
Pul-e-Charkhi prisonOperationalMinimumMinistry of Interior1970s5,000Kabul
Herat Prison[4][5][6][7][8][9]OperationalMinimum[10]Ministry of Interior?3,500[11]Herat
Kandahar Prison[12]OperationalMinimumMinistry of Interior?1,900[13]Kandahar
Nangarhar Prison[14]OperationalMinimumMinistry of Interior?1,700[15]Jalalabad
Balkh Prison[16]OperationalMinimumMinistry of Interior??Mazar-i-Sharif[17]
Ghazni Prison[18]OperationalMinimumMinistry of Interior?500[19]Ghazni
Khost Prison[20]OperationalMinimumMinistry of Interior?500Khost
Kunduz PrisonOperationalMinimumMinistry of Interior?Over 500[21]Kunduz
Helmand Prison[22][23]OperationalMinimumMinistry of Interior??Lashkar Gah
Salt Pit??United States???
Dark prison??United States???
Total capacity

Further information on prisons in other countries: list of prisons

See also

References
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  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.
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  10. "Behind Bars". 16 February 2011.
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  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". CBS News.
  20. Haroon, Mohammad (8 October 2015). "Khost prison security beefed up after Kunduz jailbreak".
  21. "Taliban attack Afghan city of Kunduz, free inmates".
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  23. "Exclusive: Fearing more jailbreaks, Afghanistan rushed inmates out of Helmand".
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