Salt Pit, CIA detention facility near Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan.
Salt Pit was a concrete detention facility north of Kabul that contained multiple cells equipped with overhead bars. The structure was designed to allow complete isolation, with guards monitoring detainees using only headlamps in total darkness.
The CIA established this facility in September 2002 following the United States response to the attacks of September 11, 2001. It served as a secret interrogation center during the early years of the war in Afghanistan.
The facility represented a shift in intelligence operations, introducing new methods of detainee processing within the international counterterrorism framework.
Access to this site is strictly restricted and remains under military security protocols. It is located in a heavily secured area outside Kabul and is not accessible to the public.
Federal Bureau of Prisons inspectors documented the extreme conditions at this facility in 2002. Their reports included details about the unusual construction and the harsh methods employed there.
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