Afghanistan Prison

Invasive Searches Of Female Visitors Cause Outrage

AP | By HEIDI VOGT | Posted 05.17.2012

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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Female visitors to Afghanistan's main prison were still being subjected to body cavity searches Saturday despite a suspension of...

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Taliban Claim Responsibility For Brazen Jail Break

Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL, Afghanistan (Associated Press) -- A blast from smuggled-in explosives at a prison in western Afghanistan killed a guard and allowed 11 inmates ...

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Britain Aided Iraq Terror Renditions, UK Admits

Guardian.co.uk | Richard Norton | Posted 05.25.2011

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The government has admitted that British troops in Iraq handed over terror suspects to the US, which then secretly rendered them to a prison in Afghan...

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Afghan official: 870 inmates escaped from prison

AP | NOOR KHAN and JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 05.25.2011

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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — U.S. and NATO troops aided Afghan forces with reconnaissance in a hunt Saturday for 870 inmates who escaped prison after...

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US Planning Big New Prison In Afghanistan

New York Times | ERIC SCHMITT and TIM GOLDEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Pentagon is moving forward with plans to build a new, 40-acre detention complex on the main American military base in Afghanistan, officials said,...

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