Showing posts with label prisons. Show all posts
Showing posts with label prisons. Show all posts
Friday, December 12, 2014

U.S. Ends Control of Afghan Prisons

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The U.S. military no longer operates any detention centers or prisons in Afghanistan. As of December 10th, when the last remaining prisoner...
Saturday, November 8, 2014

Pol-i-Charkhi Prison - "Incomplete Project"

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The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) has released a report entitled Pol-i-Charkhi Prison: After 5 Years an...
Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Russian Prisoner at BAF to Be Tried in U.S.

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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...
Thursday, September 25, 2014

Pakistani Prisoners Freed From U.S. Custody

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Fourteen Pakistani prisoners were released from the Bagram Prison in Afghanistan. They were under U.S. custody and were repatriated to Pakis...
Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Prisoner Releases Questioned by Afghan Military

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There is tension among the Afghan leadership in government, the ministries, the police, and the army on the issue of prisoners. This tensi...
Saturday, January 11, 2014

Afghans to Release Taliban Prisoners Despite US Objections

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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...
Sunday, March 24, 2013

Deal Reached on Bagram Prison Transfer to Afghans

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A deal has finally been reached on the Bagram detention / prison transfer from the United States military to the Afghan military. The trans...
Saturday, March 23, 2013

Agreement May be Reached on Bagram Detention Transfer Soon

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The disagreement between Karzai and ISAF over the Bagram detention facility continues although there are hints that it may be resolved soon....
Saturday, March 16, 2013

Karzai and U.S. in Dispute Over High-Risk Prisoners

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President Karzai and the United States are in a serious dispute over the fate of some three dozen prisoners held by the U.S. in Afghanistan....
Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Karzai: Afghanistan's Erratic and Irrational Leader

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Many of President Karzai's statements about the United States and ISAF have been highly questioned. The most recent bombshell was his ch...
Monday, March 11, 2013

Karzai Slams U.S. - Says U.S. and Taliban are Conspiring

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Karzai has once again come out with strong statements against the United States . This time he says that the Taliban and the United States a...
Friday, February 22, 2013

Torture Widespread in Afghan Prisons

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An Afghan government panel investigating claims of a United Nations report detailing widespread torture in Afghanistan prisons has determin...
Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Parwan Detention Facility Now under Afghan Control

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The Parwan detention center (at Bagram Airfield) is now under Afghan control. Read more in "US officially hands over military prison to...
Monday, March 26, 2012

Bagram Detention Facility: Some Details about the MOU

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The United States and the Afghan government reached a last minute deal on the proposed turnover of the Bagram detention facility where over ...
Saturday, March 17, 2012

Worries on Transfer of Parwan Detention Facility to Afghan Control

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President Karzai has made the transfer of the Parwan detention facility located at Bagram Air Field (just north of Kabul) one of his central...
Sunday, March 11, 2012

Detention Center in Afghanistan to Come Under Afghan Control

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A U.S. run prison (detention center for combatants) will be turned over to the Afghanistan authorities in a phased planned that will span si...
Saturday, March 10, 2012

US to Handover Prisons to Afghans in Six Months

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The U.S. and the Afghan governments have agreed that the U.S. will hand over control of the U.S. detention facilities to the Afghans. The de...