Salt Pit, CIA detention facility near Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan.
The Salt Pit operated as a concrete structure containing multiple cells with overhead bars, located on a 10-acre plot north of Kabul.
The CIA established this detention center in September 2002 following the United States military response to the September 11, 2001 attacks.
The facility represented a shift in intelligence operations, introducing new methods of detainee processing within the international counterterrorism framework.
Guards monitored detainees through headlamps in complete darkness, while maintaining strict isolation protocols throughout the concrete structure.
Federal Bureau of Prisons inspectors documented the severe conditions at the facility, noting the extreme isolation and restricted movement within cells.
GPS coordinates: 34.57680,69.29050
Latest update: May 28, 2025 18:33
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