PESHAWAR, Dec 19: The bodies of three Pakistani prisoners killed in a riot at Afghanistan's infamous Pul-i-Charki jail arrived here on Sunday for burial in their home towns, officials said.

The bodies, handed over to the Pakistan embassy in Kabul early in the morning, were transported in private vehicles, a border security official said. The official said a Pakistan embassy official, Mohammad Akram, accompanied them to the Torkham border crossing.

"They were transferred into three waiting ambulances at Torkham for onward journey to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad," he said. "After autopsy the bodies will be sent to their hometowns for burial," he said adding the bodies were of Naeem Akhter of Vihari, Mohammad Irfan of Multan and Altaf Khan of Rawalpindi.

The trouble in Kabul's Pul-i-Charki prison, sparked by an apparent jailbreak attempt by suspected Al Qaeda prisoners on Friday, left five guards and four inmates dead. -AFP