The Independent
A corner of the vast sprawl that is the Bagram airbase was handed over to the government of Hamid Karzai by the US yesterday in another major step in the process of "Afghanisation" and the West's exit strategy from a long war, which has been costly...
Zee News
US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta called Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai on Monday to discuss the transfer of high-profile Bagaram detention prison to the Afghan forces, a Pentagon official said. During the call, the two leaders expressed shared...
SF Gate
Afghanistan (AP) President Hamid Karzai welcomed Monday's handover of the main American-run prison to Afghan forces as a victory for Afghan sovereignty, though he and U.S. officials remain locked in a dispute over the fate of hundreds of Taliban and...
International Herald Tribune
Shah Marai/Agence France-Presse Getty Images Newly-freed Afghan prisoners after the hand-over ceremony. Some 600 newly captured prisoners still remain under American control. Under the terms of a deal negotiated between the two governments six months...
Record
Afghanistan U.S. officials handed over formal control of Afghanistan's only large-scale U.S.-run prison to Kabul on Monday, even as disagreements between the two countries over the thousands of Taliban and terror suspects held there marred the...
Yedioth Ahronoth
Breaking News US defense chief, Karzai discuss prisoner transfer US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta called Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai on Monday to discuss obstacles to completing an agreement on a prisoner transfer at the Bagram jail, the...