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The Afghan government will on Monday assume control over Bagram prison despite a last minute row with America over delays in handing over prisoners and how much control the United States military will keep over inmates.











By Ben Farmer, Kabul



4:34PM BST 09 Sep 2012













Kabul is hailing the ceremonial handover of the prison, which holds thousands of men accused of being insurgents, as a victory for Afghan sovereignty.





But Afghan officials confirmed they had clashed with American commanders and diplomats over delays in handing over some 600 of the nearly 3,000 inmates.





The prospect of America running a prison on Afghan soil was one of the most contentious obstacles to signing a long term strategic pact between the nations.





The deadlock was broken in March when the allies signed a memorandum of understanding laying out a six month handover process.





A spokesman for the Nato-led coalition confirmed that 600 prisoners taken since March had not yet been handed over.







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Their transfer had been halted because of concerns the Afghan government was not keeping its side of the deal.



Jamie Graybeal said: "Because discussions continue I cannot comment further than to say we have paused the transfer of the remaining detainees until our concerns are met regarding the intentions of the Afghan government to fulfil the terms of the memorandum."



After what a palace aide described as a "difficult" weekend meeting between the sides, Mr Karzai issued a statement declaring "the prison is now supposed to be transferred to Afghan government and thus any delay in its handover is considered a breach of the Afghan national sovereignty".



America will also continue to hold around 50 inmates from countries outside Afghanistan, most of them from Pakistan.


Added: Sep-9-2012 Occurred On: Sep-9-2012
By: BekasKhan
In: Afghanistan
Tags: Afghanistan, Taliban, US, NATO, Occupation, Pakistan, terrorist, Punjabi, ISI, Al, Qaeda
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  • Keystone clusterfuck.

    Posted Sep-9-2012 By 
    SpeckFettGulag (1116.70)  

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    • @LBJFRWY we never left square one.

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    • @LBJFRWY in that sense you are absolutely correct, to an extent. but it's only because of the US (coalition) presence. we obviously can't stay there forever but have we left anything behind that they can or want to build on?

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    • @LBJFRWY well we've spent a Zillion bucks over there caring about something. what's up with that? if we were in a bar , we would be agreeing. where is Afganistan anyway?

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  • Shooting the prisoners would be wrong. *wink* I would never recommend doing that. *Nudge* That would be crazy. *wink, wink* Please don't shoot the prisoners before the Afghans take control of the prison.

    Posted Sep-9-2012 By 
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  • The title needs a fix; replace the word "assume" with "lose."

    Posted Sep-9-2012 By 
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  • Might as well just open the gates and let them out, oh , be sure to arm them also...

    Posted Sep-9-2012 By 
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    • @soilentgreene once we are out of there the Taliban will spring 'em. this is such a joke. after eleven years the US has to start "vetting" the afgans more closely that are admitted to the police force, army etc. to keep our guys safe. there is a really good book called the "kite runner" by Khaled Hosseini that covers(it's a novel) the end of Russian supported puppet govmt. into the Taliban takeover. pretty good insight into what they have to look forward to.

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  • What could go wrong ?

    Posted Sep-9-2012 By 
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  • I wonder how many taliban will excape from the prison now?

    Posted Sep-10-2012 By 
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  • All the rags will be back to there own hovels making new bombs by Friday.....

    Posted Sep-10-2012 By 
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  • that place will adopt an open door policy the second it's handed over to the towelheads.
    Sentence served will be determined by how fast you can bribe the guards.
    Expecting one of the most corrupt cultures on the planet to shoulder the responsibility of maintaining control.

    Laughable.

    Posted Sep-10-2012 By 
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