MAZAR-E-SHARIF, Afghanistan?Dozens of shattered bodies lay in the dusty courtyard of a mud walled Afghan fortress prison Tuesday after a three-day uprising by Taliban prisoners.

The northern alliance claimed to have put down the revolt with the help of American airstrikes and special forces, but U.S. military officials said 30 to 40 men still were holding out in the sprawling Qalai Janghi complex.

“It is not yet fully under control,” Gen. Tommy Franks, who heads the war effort in Afghanistan, told reporters in Florida.

Northern alliance troops turned back journalists trying to enter the complex outside the northern city of Mazar-e Sharif on Tuesday night, making it impossible to confirm whether fighting had ended.

But representatives of the international Red Cross said they were working to arrange for burials Wednesday?an indication the battle had abated.