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The Independent
| 9 months ago
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...
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Zee News
| 9 months ago
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...
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SF Gate
| 9 months ago
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...
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International Herald Tribune
| 9 months ago
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...
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Record
| 9 months ago
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...
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Yedioth Ahronoth
| 9 months ago
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...
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International Business Times
| 9 months ago
Control over a major detention facility at Afghanistan 's Bagram Air Base was passed from the U.S. military to the Afghan government on Monday. Share This Story "We transferred more than 3,000 Afghan detainees into your custody... and ensured that...
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United Press International
| 9 months ago
The U.S. military transferred control of the controversial Bagram prison in Aghanistan to Afghan control Monday, officials said. During a ceremony at Parwan Prison -- the prison's official name -- the Afghan army officially took custody of hundreds...
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GMA News
| 9 months ago
Bagram under Afghan control, though no official agreement has been reached with the government, according to an Open report last week urging the government to grant the monitor unrestricted access to the prison. The U.S. military defended its...
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Christian Science Monitor
| 9 months ago
ments US hands over control of Bagram prison to Afghans Some 3,000 suspected Taliban insurgents are currently locked up in the Bagram jail, which the US will control a small part of, even after Monday's handover. By Jessica Donati and Miriam...
