The Sheberghan Prison is a prison in northern
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...
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Following the
battle of Qali-Jangi, in
Mazari Sharif,
General Dostum sent many of the surviving captives to Sheberghan Prison.
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He is reported to have sent them in industrial shipping containers,
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in conditions said to have been 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 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 approximately 77 prisons and detention facilities in Afghanistan, and at least one maximum security prison primarily for enemy combatants. The following is an incomplete list of prisons in Afghanistan:
See also
* Black jail
* Do ...
References
Internees at the Sheberghan Prison
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