(26 Feb 2006)
1. Wide exterior of Policharki prison
2. Mid shot security tower, guards
3. Various of Afghan National Army driving towards prison in pickups
4. Afghan soldiers jumping into pick up
5. Close-up of soldier talking on radio
6. Wide of troops in line
7. Mid shot convoy preparing to enter prison UPSOUND gunfire from inside prison
8. Mid shot security tower
9. Various of army pick up heading towards prison
10. Various of more troops arriving
11. Tanks heading towards prison
STORYLINE
Truck loads of Afghan National Army troops arrived at a high-security prison in Kabul on Sunday, where inmates had seized control of parts of the building, officials said.
The Policharki Prison, on the outskirts of the Afghan capital, holds 1-thousand-300 inmates, including al-Qaida and Taliban members.
Prisoners forced guards out of a prison block after a failed escape attempt on Saturday night, according to the Afghan prison chief.
A short burst of gunfire could be heard from inside the prison compound on Sunday morning.
A few minutes later, an ambulance carrying an unidentified patient drove out of the prison.
The deputy justice minister, part of a ministry delegation who visited the prison on Sunday morning, said about 100 of the prisoners had taken control of a women's wing.
He said the prisoners had demands, but did not elaborate.
Some wings of the prison are being refurbished to improve security and living conditions before some 110 Afghan terror suspects being held in US military custody at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are sent back here later this year, Afghan officials say.
Last month, seven mid-ranking Taliban inmates disguised themselves as visitors and escaped from the prison.
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