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661:"Kandahar Central Jail should move out of city: Residents"
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being abused when they were both held in Kandahar in 2002.
1200:"One prisoner killed, 10 wounded in Kandahar prison riot"
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533:"IEA releases 285 detainees from Kandahar central prison"
611:"70 prisoners released from Helmand, Kandahar prisons"
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966:"An Afghan Gives His Own Account of U.S. Abuse"
561:"Policewomen Return to Work at Kandahar Prison"
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1023:"Taleban 'warned US of huge attack'"
511:. Pajhwok Afghan News. March 6, 2017
291:, the last Taliban Foreign Minister.
1113:"Is the Taliban Making a Comeback?"
1068:Taliban Militants Storm Afghan Jail
710:. The New York Times. July 31, 1972
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486:List of prisons in Afghanistan
233:Guantanamo Bay detention camps
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708:"Afghans Hang 2 for Killings"
433:Sarposa prison attack of 2008
324:Khirullah Said Wali Khairkhwa
218:Abd Al Rahim Abdul Raza Janko
1099:"The Destruction of Sarposa"
1046:. BBC News. October 17, 2001
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153:. It is located next to the
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1399:Prisons in Afghanistan
474:2021 Taliban offensive
396:Wakil Ahmed Muttawakil
289:Wakil Ahmed Muttawakil
186:2021 Taliban offensive
155:Kandahar-Herat Highway
1188:. The New York Times.
1138:. The New York Times.
1021:(September 7, 2002).
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287:Former assistant to
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468:During the
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