Afghan police takes position in Pul-i-Charkhi prison outside Kabul after jail break attempt by al Qaeda inmates. An Afghan police takes position atop a tower in Pul-i-Charkhi prison compound outside Kabul December 17, 2004. Five Afghan prison guards and police and two prisoners were killed in a jail break attempt by al Qaeda inmates on Friday and a shoot-out was going on with another two, a spokesman for the Interior Ministry said. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood