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Pul-e-Charkhi prison

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  • Afghan National Detention Facility in Kabul -a.jpg

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    Photo by Shawn Graham via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

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    Photo by MOECKLI, Olivier Copyright : ICRC Confidentiality level : public Publication restrictions : publication without restrictions via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  • Kabul's Pul-e Charkhi Prison in winter.jpg

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  • Pul-e Charkhi Prison, Kabul.jpg

    Photo by Jerome Starkey via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)

  • Pul-e-Charki.jpg

    Photo by Jason Boylan via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0)

Capacity

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Current population

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Occupancy

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Year opened

1980

Operational

Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology

Facility profile

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1980

Region

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Security level

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Death-row facility

No

Conditions

No conditions summary available yet.

Visiting

No visiting information available.

Mailing

No mailing information available.

Practical info

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Known issues

No major issues documented in our database.

Notable inmates

  • Umar Abdullah al-Kunduzi
    1979
  • Sabar Lal Melma
    1962–2011

    Sabar Lal Melma (1962 – 3 September 2011) was a citizen of Afghanistan who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.

  • Hafizullah Shabaz Khail
    1946 · politician

    Dr.

  • Abdul Rauf Aliza
    1981–2015 · warrior
  • Abdullah Mujahid
    1971

    Abdullah Mujahid (born 1971) is a citizen of Afghanistan who is still held in extrajudicial detention after being transferred from United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba — to an Afghan prison.

  • Said Amir Jan
    1980

    Said Amir Jan is a citizen of Afghanistan who is still held in extrajudicial detention after being transferred from United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba — to an Afghan prison. American intelligence analysts estimate that Jan was born in 1980, in Koozbia, Afghanistan.

Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.

Contact & address

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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Pul-e-Charkhi prison. Retrieved October 15, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/pul-e-charkhi-prison
Chicago
"Pul-e-Charkhi prison." World Prisons. Accessed October 15, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/pul-e-charkhi-prison.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-pul-e-charkhi-prison,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Pul-e-Charkhi prison},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/pul-e-charkhi-prison},
  urldate = {2026-10-15}
}