Quila Jenghi Prison
Quila Jenghi Prison
Quila Jenghi (Qila Jangi, Qali Jangi, Qala-i-Jangi) Prison near Mazar-e Sharif in Northern Afghanistan. This prison was the site of a fierce rebellion of Al Qaeda prisoners against their Northern Alliance guards, during which CIA agent Mike Spann was killed & American Taliban John Walker Lindh was captured.
Quila Jenghi Prison
Shaky LS of Quila Jenghi Prison. LS Flag of Afghanistan flies from fort. Panning shots along the fort. LS flag of Afghanistan.
Quila Jenghi Prison
LS Quila Jenghi Prison with flag of Afghanistan flying. Dark LS mountains pan over to exterior of Quila Jenghi Prison. LS Afghan flag flying from flagpole. Pan over to snow capped mountains. Pan over to prison. Pan along prison exterior. LS mountains. Pan over to LS of fort. TLS of Afghan men by old, beat-up VW bus. Pan along exterior of prison. TLS Afghan man wearing a turban walking along road near the prison. LS Prison exterior. LS Afghan flag on flagpole.
Quila Jenghi Prison
TLS Guards stand beside two howitzers (field artillery) on concrete slabs outside Quila Jenghi Prison. TLS prison entrance. TLS State Afghan soldiers dressed in Soviet brown woodland camouflage uniforms & unflapped ushanka hats stand under tent with AK-47 Kalashnikov assault rifles, RPG rocket launcher & late Soviet-era light machine gun on table. TLS guards walking out of prison entrance. CU Kalashnikov rifles on table. MS smiling soldier. MS soldiers posing behind table with weapons. MS Car enters gates of prison. TLS interior courtyard of prison (the Palace of the Commander is in the BG), a guard with an AK-47 stands in the courtyard.
Quila Jenghi Prison
Traveling shot of Quila Jenghi Prison from car pulling toward front gate. LS Afghan soldiers stand guard atop prison. LS guard at gate of prison. Panning MS Afghan soldiers & their proud arsenal on table.
Quila Jenghi Prison
LS of guards standing on high on prison walls (shot from inside prison compound). LS remnants of destroyed tank turret. MS walkway to top of prison wall. Vista view of fields and rural road from prison wall. Pan of surrounding countryside and rural highway.
Quila Jenghi Prison
MS Northern Alliance officer dressed in Western-style woodland camo uniform & webbing stands atop destroyed tank turret. MS Afghan man holding AK-47. MS tank which was destroyed by an American bomb. MS Ethan Prochnik standing with Northern Alliance officer and soldiers near destroyed tank. MS Smoking pipe in dirt. MS soldier standing with gun on top of wall.
Quila Jenghi Prison
MS Northern Alliance Commander walks along catwalk spanning prison walls, scenic snow-capped mountains in BG. TLS Northeast corner of the fort, soldiers are visible. MS Afghan Officer inspects antiquated Soviet-era tripod-mounted NSV 12.7mm heavy machine gun atop prison wall. MS Ethan Prochnik sits behind NSV, spins guns around. MS Northern Alliance soldiers mount antique Soviet-made mortar. CU mortar.
Quila Jenghi Prison
MS small fire near wall (outdoor kitchen area). Northern Alliance solider pokes cute puppy with stick by campfire. MS dog sitting near the wall. MS Northern Alliance officer stands in rubble of prison compound. MS War debris on prison floor (spent ammunition shells, rocket heads, etc). Detritus of warfare.
Quila Jenghi Prison
MS Northern Alliance Officer shows remains of trucks and vehicles destroyed during Al Qaeda rebellion. MS remains of buildings in prison compound. MS partially destroyed containers that contained weapons.
Quila Jenghi Prison
CU Spent AK-47 banana clips on ground. MS partially destroyed containers. CU Burned remnants of Soviet-made Degtyarev Pakhontnyi (DP) light machine guns, tilt up to burned-out stockpile of DP machine guns in container. MS Ethan Prochnik standing with Northern Alliance officer in destroyed container. Northern Alliance officer shows off barrel of destroyed DP machine gun. CU Stockpile of destroyed DP machine gun cartridges (flat circular drums).