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Pul-e-Charkhi prison
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Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1980
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
interior ministryPopulation held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1980
Region
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Security level
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Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Notable inmates
- Sabar Lal Melma1962–2011
Sabar Lal Melma (1962 â 3 September 2011) was a citizen of Afghanistan who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.
- Abdul Rauf Aliza1981–2015 · warrior
- Abdullah Mujahid1971
Abdullah Mujahid (born 1971) is a citizen of Afghanistan who is still held in extrajudicial detention after being transferred from United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba â to an Afghan prison.
- Said Amir Jan1980
Said Amir Jan is a citizen of Afghanistan who is still held in extrajudicial detention after being transferred from United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba â to an Afghan prison. American intelligence analysts estimate that Jan was born in 1980, in Koozbia, Afghanistan.
Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
Contact & address
No public contact details available.
Conditions Risk Score
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Data completeness
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Sources
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q1798487)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Pul-e-Charkhi prison. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/pul-e-charkhi-prison
Chicago
"Pul-e-Charkhi prison." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/pul-e-charkhi-prison.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-pul-e-charkhi-prison,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Pul-e-Charkhi prison},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/pul-e-charkhi-prison},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}