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Background
Kandahar Central Jail, also known as Sarpuza Prison, is a minimum-security prison in Kandahar, Afghanistan. It is located next to the Kandahar-Herat Highway in the Sarpuza neighborhood of the city, between the Chilzina Complex and Dand Chawk (Dand Square). Its current warden is Sayed Akhtar Mohammad Agha Hussaini. The Kandahar Central Jail has been historically used for the incarceration of common criminals of Kandahar Province, some of whom turn out to be innocent and released. In the last two decades, the facility has also been used to house Taliban and other insurgents.
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Notable inmates
- Jawed Ahmad1986–2009 · journalist
- Mohammed Bin Ahmad Mizouz1973 · terrorist
Mohamed Mazouz is a citizen of Morocco who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.
- Noor Habib Ullah1980
Noor Habib Ullah (born 1980) is a citizen of Afghanistan who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States' Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.
Khairullah Khairkhwa1967 · politicianKhairullah Said Wali Khairkhwa (Pashto: Ø®ÛراÙÙ٠سÛد ÙÙÙ Ø®ÛرخÙا٠[xairÊËlÉ saËjɪd waËli xairËxwÉ]; born 1967) is a member of the militant Taliban organization currently in control of Afghanistan, who has previously been called one of the "moderate" Taliban.
- Othman Ahmad Othman al-Ghamdi1973–2015 · military leader
Othman Ahmed Othman Al Omairah (also transliterated as Othman Ahmad Othman al-Ghamdi, May 27, 1979 â February 2015) was a citizen of Saudi Arabia who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, Cuba. His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 184.
Moazzam Begg1968Moazzam Begg (Urdu: Ù ÙعÙظÙ٠بÛÚ¯; born 5 July 1968 in Sparkhill, Birmingham) is a British Pakistani who was held in extrajudicial detention by the US government in the Bagram Theater Internment Facility and the Guantanamo Bay detainment camp, in Cuba, for nearly three years.
- Fazal Mohammad?
Mullah Fazal Mohammad is a citizen of Afghanistan and formerly a Taliban militia commander who was captured on November 25, 2001. According to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), he was the Taliban militia's "commander in Afghanistan's southern region along the Pakistan border" in 2001.
- Sayed Nabi Siddiqui?
Sayed Nabi Siddiqui is an Afghan police officer who alleges that in August 2003 he was stripped naked by U.S.-led coalition forces, and beaten and photographed at a U.S.
- Lahcen Ikassrien1972 · jihadist
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Sources
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- Wikidata (Q7424532)
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Sarposa prison. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/sarposa-prison
Chicago
"Sarposa prison." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/sarposa-prison.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-sarposa-prison,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Sarposa prison},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/sarposa-prison},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}