Taliban prisoners plead for food
Taliban prisoners of war claim they are being mistreated.
Three thousand captured fighters at Shibergan prison, about 75 miles from the city of Mazar-e-Sharif, are jammed into a facility meant to hold 200 prisoners.
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Three thousand captured fighters at Shibergan prison, about 75 miles from the city of Mazar-e-Sharif, are jammed into a facility meant to hold 200 prisoners.
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