Ongoing riot at Kabul prison

For two days a Kabul prison holding up to 2,000 detainees has been taken over by rioting prisoners. The uprising has continued on longer than the 2004 riot in the same prison, called Policharki Jail.

In this uprising, four prisoners have already been killed and at least 38 wounded.



The prison holds an estimated 350 Taliban and/or Al-Qaeda loyalists.

Prisoners are apparently demanding retrials, claiming their original trials were unjust. A representative of the revolting prisoners claims that "2/3 are innocent." Some reports say that Timoor Shah, the man behind the kidnapping of an Italian aid worker.

Government negotiators are attempting to avoid a military-type seige of the prison.

This is the prison which America is planning to "repatriate" about 110 Afghan nationals to from Guantanamo Bay. This prolongued situation will probably give them reasons to delay the transfer.