Afghan War Blog

Although the United States tried it failed to get rid of all the foreign detainees held at the Bagram detention center before it was turned...

The U.S. military no longer operates any detention centers or prisons in Afghanistan. As of December 10th, when the last remaining prisoner...

The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) has released a report entitled Pol-i-Charkhi Prison: After 5 Years an...

The U.S. will soon be shutting down the U.S. administered military detention facility at Bagram. The questions remains of what to do with th...

It appears that the Taliban conducted an indirect fire attack on a detainee housing unit at the Afghan National Detention Facility - Parwan...

There are 13 non-Afghans still residing in the Parwan detention center adjacent to Bagram Air Field (BAF). One of them is a Russian who wil...

Fourteen Pakistani prisoners were released from the Bagram Prison in Afghanistan. They were under U.S. custody and were repatriated to Pakis...

Foreign detainees being held at a Bagram detention facility are posing problems for the United States. The difficulty lies in where to send ...

It appears that Afghanistan is reviewing the cases of seven more detainees to determine if they should be tried by the Afghan judicial syste...

The Afghan government recently released 65 dangerous insurgents from detention. This was done despite over-whelming evidence that the detain...

The 65 detainees released by the Afghan government were hardened Taliban fighters - some who were directly responsible for the death of U.S....

The release of 65 detainees from the high-security Bagram detention facility has strained relations between the Afghan government and the U...

Sixty-five dangerous prisoners were released by the Afghan government recently. The U.S. has registered strong discontent with this action b...

Afghan insurgents under detention by the Afghan government have now been freed. Many were confined due to attacks against NATO or ANSF troop...

Karzai continues to poke his fingers in our eyes. The latest news from Karzai is that the United States is 'harassing' him over the ...

The U.S. military is not happy with Karzai on a number of issues. One of these is Karzai's insistence on releasing insurgents that were ...

The Afghans will soon release about 88 prisoners held in a detention camp now run by the Afghans. The detention camp at Bagram Air Field was...

Afghanistan has given approval for the release of 80 or more detainees that were formerly held in the U.S. detention center in Bagram. The d...

President Karzai is planning on releasing some detainees (approximately 86) currently held at the Bagram detention center located north of K...

The disagreement between Karzai and ISAF over the Bagram detention facility continues although there are hints that it may be resolved soon....