The Sheberghan Prison is a prison in northern
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran borde ...
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Following the 2001
battle of Qali-Jangi
The Battle of Qala-i-Jangi in Afghanistan (sometimes also referred to as the "Battle of Mazar-i-Sharif") was a six-day military engagement following an uprising of prisoners of war who had been taken into custody by U.S.-led coalition forces on ...
, in
Mazari Sharif, Afghan warlord
General Dostum sent many of the surviving captives to Sheberghan Prison.
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They were reported to be transported to the prison in industrial shipping containers,
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in conditions that were said to be extremely crowded, with many of the captives dying in transit. When the prisoners complained that they were suffocating, General Dostum's troops allegedly fired directly into the containers, killing some men, but the bullet holes providing limited ventilation for the others.
In 2009 the '']BBC News
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'' reported that new United States President
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Barack Obama
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had committed his administration to look into the claims about atrocities at Sherberghan.[
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See also
* List of prisons in Afghanistan
There are between 24 and 77 prisons in Afghanistan. As of 2023, the total number of prisoners in the country is approximately 14,000 of which up to 1,100 are females. The following is an incomplete list of prisons in Afghanistan:
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References
Internees at the Sheberghan Prison
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