Pul-e-Charkhi Prison

Pul-e-Charkhi prison also known as the Afghan National Detention Facility, is a maximum-security prison located next to the Ahmad Shah Baba Mina neighborhood in the eastern part of , .
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  • Type: Prison
  • Description: maximum security prison located in Kabul, Afghanistan
  • Also known as: “Afghan National Detention Facility”, “Pol-e Charki Prison”, “Pul-e-Charkhi prison”, “Pul-e-Tsjarki fengselet”, “زندان پل چرخی”, and “普里查基监狱”

Pul-e-Charkhi Prison

Latitude
34.51983° or 34° 31′ 11″ north
Longitude
69.34739° or 69° 20′ 51″ east
Open location code
8J6FG89W+WX
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Open­Street­Map feature
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Pul-e-Charkhi Prison” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سجن بلشرخي”
  • Catalan: “Presó Pul-e-Charkhi”
  • Chinese: “普勒恰尔希监狱”
  • Finnish: “Pol-e Čarkin vankila”
  • Finnish: “Pul-e-Charkhin vankila”
  • German: “Gefängnis Pul-e Charkhi”
  • Hebrew: “בית הסוהר פול-צ’ארחי”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Pul-e-Tsjarki fengsel”
  • Norwegian: “Pul-e-Tsjarki fengsel”
  • Persian: “زندان پلچرخی”
  • Pushto: “د پلچرخي زندان”
  • Russian: “Пули-Чархи”
  • Russian: “Тюрьма Пули-Чархи”
  • Spanish: “Prisión Pul-e-Charkhi”

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