KABUL: The Afghan government said on Tuesday it expected to take full control next week from the United States (US) of the controversial Bagram prison, which numbers Taliban fighters among its 3,000 inmates.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s office made the announcement following talks with some of Afghanistan’s most senior justice, defence and intelligence officials. “The transition of Bagram prison to Afghan authority is a great success for Afghanistan therefore a splendid ceremony has to take place on September 10 for its full handover,” the palace announced.
A NATO military spokesman in Afghanistan said he was “aware of the statement” but made no other immediate comment. Afghanistan and the US signed an agreement on March 9 beginning a six-month transition from American to Afghan control of the jail north of Kabul and just outside Bagram, the largest US military base in the country.
The handover had been a key sticking point to concluding a pact, which would likely cover the legal status of US troops who remain in Afghanistan long-term to help the government fight the Taliban. Karzai had demanded that the prison be transferred before signing any deal governing Afghan-US relations after NATO combat troops pull out in 2014. In Iraq, Washington pulled out all its troops after failing to get Baghdad to grant its soldiers legal immunity.
A NATO military spokesman in Afghanistan said he was “aware of the statement” but made no other immediate comment. Afghanistan and the US signed an agreement on March 9 beginning a six-month transition from American to Afghan control of the jail north of Kabul and just outside Bagram, the largest US military base in the country.
The handover had been a key sticking point to concluding a pact, which would likely cover the legal status of US troops who remain in Afghanistan long-term to help the government fight the Taliban. Karzai had demanded that the prison be transferred before signing any deal governing Afghan-US relations after NATO combat troops pull out in 2014. In Iraq, Washington pulled out all its troops after failing to get Baghdad to grant its soldiers legal immunity.
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