KABUL (AP) — Once, Kabul’s main prison was crowded with thousands of Taliban captured and arrested by the government. On Monday, a Taliban commander strolled through its empty halls and cell blocks, showing his friends where he had once been imprisoned. After capturing the city, the fighters freed all the inmates there, the government guards fled, and now dozens of Taliban fighters are running the facility. For some of the Taliban guards accompanying the AP, it was the first time they’d entered the abandoned cell blocks. Taliban prisoners often complained of abuses and beatings, and there were regular riots.
