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Afghan troops arrive at the
Pul-i-Charkhi prison to suppress a jail break attempt by al Qaeda inmates,
in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, Dec. 17, 2004. The International
Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan said on Dec. 18 that four
jail policemen and four prisoners died during the riot on Friday. Three
prisoners were Pakistanis and another an Iraqi. (Xinhua Photo/Hou
Jun)
Afghan troops storm into the
Pul-i-Charkhi prison after a jail break attempt by al Qaeda inmates, in
Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, Dec. 17, 2004. (Xinhua Photo/Hou
Jun)
Photo taken on Dec. 17, 2004
shows the Pul-i-Charkhi prison in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan.
(Xinhua Photo/Hou Jun)
Jail policemen stand guard
outside the Pul-i-Charkhi prison after a jail break attempt by al Qaeda
inmates, in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, Dec. 17, 2004. (Xinhua
Photo/Hou Jun)
Afghan troops storm into the
Pul-i-Charkhi prison after a jail break attempt by al Qaeda inmates, in
Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, Dec. 17, 2004. Afghan army operation to
regain the control of the prison was over as two rioters were killed.
(Xinhua Photo/Hou Jun)
Afghan soldier keeps guard
outside the Pul-i-Charkhi prison after a jail break attempt by al Qaeda
inmates, in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, Dec. 17, 2004. (Xinhua
Photo/Hou Jun)
Afghan troops and policemen
stand guard outside the Pul-i-Charkhi prison after a jail break attempt by
al Qaeda inmates, in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, Dec. 17, 2004.
(Xinhua Photo/Hou Jun)
| KABUL,
Dec. 17 (Xinhuanet) -- The Afghan National Army began to intervene in the riot
which took place in a major prison in Kabul's suburbs, preparing operations to
regain the control of the prison, along with Afghan police Friday evening.
An intense shootout broke out between a group of
al-Qaida inmates and prison police early Friday morning, of which at least nine
were killed, including five police officers and two al-Qaida inmates, Afghan
officials said.
Heavily-armored soldiers and police, with the help of
two lighter tanks, are ready to launch operations at any minute to solve the
crisis which has lasted for ten hours.
Unmanned US surveillance plane is circling in the
area, while NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) is standing
by in the outer range.
"Except the al-Qaida inmates, other prisoners did not
get involved in the clash while the motive of the riot is, perhaps, the hatred
for three American inmates in the prison," Abdul Salam Bakhshi, head of the
prominent prison in Pule Charki area, 12 kilometers east of Kabul, told Xinhua.
One Iraqi and one Pakistani prisoner were killed in
the shootout, and another Pakistani was injured and later sent to hospital.
Since the fall of Taliban in 2001, some 400 Pakistani
prisonershave been released from this prison which still has kept around 1,400
prisoners, men and women, including 11 al-Qaida captives in different
blocks. Enditem |
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