AFGHANISTAN: Children share deprivations of imprisoned mothers

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KABUL, 26 September 2007 (IRIN) - Fatima (not her real name) lives with her mother and a younger brother in Pul-e Charkhi prison, in the eastern outskirts of Kabul.

The 12-year-old was first brought to the prison four years ago, after a court sentenced her mother to 11 years for murdering her husband.

"There are six women and seven children living with us in a single cell," complained Fatima, who added that she finds it annoying living with “those naughty kids”.

Unlike other children in Kabul, both Fatima and her brother are deprived of an education, because there is no school in Pul-e Charkhi prison, Afghanistan's biggest jail.