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Monday 10 September 2012
US hands over running of Bagram jail in Afghanistan
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Bagram holds rebel fighters detained by the US-led forces in their war against Taliban insurgents
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By Thomas Lowe

In Afghanistan, control of the controversial Bagram prison will be handed from US troops to the Afghan government in a ceremony today. Three thousand prisoners are held in the jail, including fifty foreigners - mostly from Pakistan. The original handover agreement was signed six months ago, but doesn't cover the question of non-Afghan prisoners. Two Afghans were beaten to death by US soldiers at the centre in 2002, and at the start of this year US soldiers burned the Koran there - leading to deadly riots across the country. Martine von Biljert, co-director of the Afghanistan Analysts Network, says compromise was key to the deal.
 

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