Parwan Detention Facility

The US military gave control of its last detention facility in Afghanistan to Kabul on Monday, a year after the two sides initially agreed on the transfer.

The United States will transfer the Parwan detention facility to the control of Afghanistan by Monday, the Pentagon has announced after a phone conversation between Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai and US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel.

President Hamid Karzai welcomed Monday's handover of the main American-run prison to Afghan forces as a victory for Afghan sovereignty, though he and U.S. officials remain locked in a dispute over the fate of hundreds of Taliban and terror suspects behind bars. The United States is withholding the transfer of scores of inmates, reportedly out of c...

Afghanistan said on Monday it had taken control of a controversial prison set up by US troops, but is yet to iron out disagreements over the fate of hundreds of inmates. A move hailed by Kabul as a victory for sovereignty, analysts say it is largely symbolic as NATO prepares to leave Afghanistan after more than a decade fighting the Taliban, leavi...

The United States is to hand formal control of a controversial prison to the Afghan government on Monday, despite apparent disagreements between the two sides on the fate of hundreds of inmates.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai appealed for calm on Wednesday after clashes in several cities between Afghan security forces and protesters furious over the burning of Muslim holy books at a US military base left seven people dead. The anger over the Quran burning has sparked two days of protests across Afghanistan and tapped into anti-foreign senti...

The US military gave control of its last detention facility in Afghanistan to Kabul on Monday, a year after the two sides initially agreed on the transfer.

The United States will transfer the Parwan detention facility to the control of Afghanistan by Monday, the Pentagon has announced after a phone conversation between Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai and US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel.

President Hamid Karzai welcomed Monday's handover of the main American-run prison to Afghan forces as a victory for Afghan sovereignty, though he and U.S. officials remain locked in a dispute over the fate of hundreds of Taliban and terror suspects behind bars. The United States is withholding the transfer of scores of inmates, reportedly out of c...

Afghanistan said on Monday it had taken control of a controversial prison set up by US troops, but is yet to iron out disagreements over the fate of hundreds of inmates. A move hailed by Kabul as a victory for sovereignty, analysts say it is largely symbolic as NATO prepares to leave Afghanistan after more than a decade fighting the Taliban, leavi...

The United States is to hand formal control of a controversial prison to the Afghan government on Monday, despite apparent disagreements between the two sides on the fate of hundreds of inmates.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai appealed for calm on Wednesday after clashes in several cities between Afghan security forces and protesters furious over the burning of Muslim holy books at a US military base left seven people dead. The anger over the Quran burning has sparked two days of protests across Afghanistan and tapped into anti-foreign senti...