Kabul jail riot over as inmates surrender
A four-day riot that left six inmates dead and exposed security failings at Afghanistan's main prison ended today after 1,300 prisoners who had run amok in their cell block surrendered to authorities.
The rioters were shifted from a wrecked wing of Policharki jail in Kabul that was left empty and scarred by fire and bullets. The last to surrender was a hardcore group of about 100 al-Qaida and Taliban, now confined to separate, higher-security quarters.
