Pul-e-Charkhi prison

Pul-e-Charkhi prison

Aerial view of the Pul-e Charkhi prison complex, January 2012
Location	Kabul
Coordinates	34°31′11″N 69°20′51″E / 34.5196°N 69.3476°E / 34.5196; 69.3476
Status	Operational
Security class	Maximum
Capacity	14,000[1]
Opened	1980s
Managed by	Directorate of Prisons Affairs

Pul-e-Charkhi prison (Pashto/Dari: زندان پل چرخی), 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 Kabul, Afghanistan. It has the capacity to house between 5,000 and 14,000 inmates,^[1][2] but as of February 2023 it only has between 2,000 and 2,500 inmates, most of whom have been arrested and convicted within the jurisdiction of Kabul Province.^[3] It is considered the country's largest prison.