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US transfer of last Afghan prisoners postponed | World | DAWN.COM

KABUL: A ceremony to mark the complete transfer of a controversial jail from US to Afghan control was cancelled on Saturday, another setback in a long-running dispute over detainees.

Welcome to Kabul, Secretary Hagel; Ready for Karzai? : The New Yorker

As has happened so many times, we try to square our schemes for how Afghanistan fits into counterinsurgency and counterterrorism theories with a basic distrust of the Karzai regime. We end up in a muddle; and we end up dirty, too.

Afghans Demand U.S. Hand Over Its Major Battlefield Prison | Danger Room | Wired.com

The U.S. military has promised to hand over control of its largest battlefield jail to the Afghan government -- eventually. The Afghan government has decided it's waited long enough.

Obama Mulls Transferring Gitmo Detainees to Afghanistan -- News from Antiwar.com

Obama Mulls Transferring Gitmo Detainees to Afghanistan Move Aimed at Restarting Negotiations With Taliban by Jason Ditz, June 29, 2012 Print This |

Afghanistan-US prison transfer gets go-ahead despite torture risks | Amnesty International

International news Apr 10 2012 - 10:19am Hundreds of Afghan prisoners are being held in the notorious Pul-e-Charkhi prison. © Amnesty International

Government report exposes Bagram Prison torture - News - Mail & Guardian Online

Inmates in Afghanistan's US-run Bagram Prison have faced abuses including torture, beatings and other mistreatment, according to a government report.

Karzai speeding up transfer of U.S.-run prison - CNN.com

Afghanistan's president is speeding up the transfer of the U.S.-run prison at Bagram to Afghan control within a month after hearing a report citing problems at the facility, including human rights issues.

US Says Hah, Hah: Abuse of Afghans is Afghans Fault | We Meant Well - Peter Van Buren

Is Judith Miller was back at work at the NY Times? 'Cause today's piece on Afghan prison conditions reads like one of her Cheney-fed propaganda loads from pre-Iraq Invasion days. Some of the Miller-esque parts...

Afghanistan: The Pakistan Teenager still held in Bagram Prison

Hamidullah Khan was just 13 when he disappeared from South Waziristan, in Pakistan. During the summer holidays in 2004, his father sent him to the family home in South Waziristan to collect some of their possessions, as Wakeel could not get the...

Too many victims of the war on terror remain imprisoned across the world | Mary Fitzgerald | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

Mary Fitzgerald: Hamidullah Khan was 13 when he disappeared from Pakistan in 2008. He is still locked up in an Afghan jail

Inmates claim torture in U.S.-run prison in Bagram, Afghanistan « RAWA News

Digital Journal: As America works to hand over control of Afghan detention facilities to the Afghan authorities, a new report by an Afghan investigative commission says inmates at a Bagram prison claim they have been tortured. The prison in Bagram,...

U.S. abused detainees, Afghan commission claims - World - CBC News

Afghan investigators have accused the American military of abusing detainees at its main prison in the country, bolstering calls by President Hamid Karzai for the U.S. to turn over control of the facility and complicating talks about America's...

Afghan president demands control of Bagram prison | World news | The Guardian

Hamid Karzai reacts to being sidelined from Taliban talks by ordering US hand over main military prison within one month

Bagram prison: The “other Guantanamo” « RAWA News

CBC News: Human rights lawyers often refer to it as “the other Guantanamo,” “Guantanamo’s evil twin” or “Obama’s Gitmo” — an attempt to raise the profile of the U.S. detention facility in Afghanistan that few know about. It’s...

U.S. Planning Big New Prison in Afghanistan - New York Times

Officials are scaling back plans to shift prisoners into Afghan custody in a stark acknowledgment that the U.S. is likely to hold prisoners overseas for years.

U.S. to build new massive prison in Bagram

Bagram, Afghanistan" which includes "detainee housing capability for approximately 2000 detainees ."  It will also feature "guard towers, administrative facility and Vehicle/Personnel Access Control Gates, security surveillance and restricted...

Afghan prison transfer delayed - The Washington Post

The United States will miss a key milestone in the plan to transition judicial and detention operations to Afghans.

Afghan prison transfer delayed - The Washington Post

The United States will miss a key milestone in the plan to transition judicial and detention operations to Afghans.

Detained and Denied in Afghanistan | Human Rights First

Human Rights First builds respect for human rights and the rule of law to help ensure the dignity to which everyone is entitled and to stem intolerance, tyranny, and violence.

Bagram prison, bigger than Guantanamo, its prisoners in limbo, cries out for some news coverage

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The Gitmo no one talks about - War Room - Salon.com

Not only has Obama not closed Guantanamo, he has also vastly expanded a similar prison in Afghanistan

NEW REPORT: Improvements to U.S. Detention Practices in Afghanistan Necessary to Protect U.S. National Security | Human Rights First

Human Rights First builds respect for human rights and the rule of law to help ensure the dignity to which everyone is entitled and to stem intolerance, tyranny, and violence.

U.S. holds terror suspects at secret Afghan sites

The CIA's infamous secret network of "black site" interrogation centers is gone. But suspected terrorists in Afghanistan are being held and interrogated for weeks at temporary sites, including one run by the elite...

War News Updates: The Return Of Secret U.S. Run Prisons In Afghanistan

The Associated Press’ star intelligence reporter, Kimberly Dozier, has a mammoth piece out describing a constellation of 20 detention centers run by the elite unit in Afghanistan.

Bagram and Beyond: New Revelations About Secret US Torture Prisons in Afghanistan | Andy Worthington - Digg

As part of "Bagram Week" on my site, here's an article following on from and analyzing a new and unexpected story about 20 secret US prisons in Afghanistan, including the long-reported and notorious Tor Jail at Bagram, where prisoners can apparently...

Afghanistan Secret Prisons Confirmed By U.S.

KABUL, Afghanistan — The CIA's infamous secret network of "black site" interrogation centers is gone. But suspected terrorists in Afghanistan are being held and interrogated for weeks at temporary sites, including one run by the elite special...

The “Dark Side” of Bagram: An Ex-Prisoner’s Account of Two Years of Abuse | Andy Worthington

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U.S. soldier gets 24 years for murder of Afghan civilians - World - CBC News

A U.S. soldier was sentenced to 24 years in prison after saying 'the plan was to kill people' in a conspiracy with four fellow soldiers to kill unarmed Afghan civilians.

The Star’s editorial | Horrific, damaging photos from Afghanistan - KansasCity.com

Photos of an American “kill squad” smiling as the soldiers pose with the bodies of murdered Afghan civilians reveal horrific evidence of what can go wrong on the field of battle.

U.S. doesn't count civilians killed by drones - Afghanistan - Salon.com

While Obama talks of saving civilians in Libya, information about innocents killed by U.S. drones is kept secret

U.S. soldier pleads guilty in murder of Afghan civilians

Are the Wanton Killings by U.S. Army Soldiers in Afghanistan Worse Than Abu Ghraib?

When the Abu Ghraib prison scandal broke, it shocked the world and sparked riots in Iraq. But a rogue U.S. tank unit operating in Afghanistan might be worse.

US soldiers 'killed Afghan civilians for sport and collected fingers as trophies' | World news | The Guardian

Soldiers face charges over secret 'kill team' which allegedly murdered at random and collected fingers as trophies of war

Photos of U.S. soldiers and Afghan corpse published| Reuters

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Der Spiegel magazine published photos on Monday of American soldiers posed over the bloodied corpse of an Afghan civilian whose slaying is being prosecuted by the U.S. military

US Soldiers Accused Of Posing With Dead Bodies Face Charges | NewstalkCleveland - WERE 1490 Cleveland's Home for Honest News

Two rogue U.S. soldiers are charged for the deaths of civilians in Afghanistan after pictures were released of the soldiers posing with dead bodies.

US Soldier to Plead Guilty in Afghan Murder Case - Human Security Report Project

The Human Security Report Project (HSRP) is an independent, not-for-profit research centre affiliated with Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Ca...

Photos published of alleged U.S. atrocities in Afghanistan - popbuzz.me

The German news outlet Der Spiegel has published photographs of what appear to be two U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan posing over the bodies of dead Afghans -- images which threaten to further complicate the American military effort there.

U.S. Army ‘Kill Team’ in Afghanistan Posed for ‘Trophy’ Photos with Murdered Civilians - BlackListed News

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Photos published of alleged U.S. atrocities in Afghanistan – Afghanistan Crossroads - CNN.com Blogs

The German news outlet Der Spiegel has published photographs of what appear to be two U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan posing over the bodies of dead Afghans -- images which threaten to further complicate the American military effort there.

Photos of U.S. troops with dead Afghans surface in German news - USATODAY.com

Graphic photos showing U.S. troops and dead Afghans that the Army was keeping under wraps for a war crimes probe were carried by a German news organization Monday, with one showing a soldier smiling as he posed with a bloodied and partially...

House rejects resolution to pull U.S. forces from Afghanistan – CNN Political Ticker - CNN.com Blogs

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The House Thursday decisively rejected a resolution directing the president to withdraw U.S. forces from Afghanistan this year, but the vote also showed a deep divide in the president's own party on the war.

Morning Newsdome: U.S. soldier's Afghanistan "trophy photos" worse than Abu Ghraib | Atlanta News & Opinion Blog | Fresh Loaf | Creative Loafing Atlanta

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Der Spiegel Runs Graphic Photos Of Afghan Killings

SEATTLE — Graphic photos showing U.S. troops and dead Afghans that the Army was keeping under wraps for a war crimes probe were carried by a German news organization Monday, with one showing a soldier smiling as he posed with a bloodied and...

German newspaper publishes suppressed photos of U.S. soldiers posing with partially naked Afghan corpse | Mail Online

The army was forced to apologise over 'repugnant' photos of U.S. soldiers grinning over bloodied, half-naked Afghan bodies they allegedly killed.

US Army 'kill team' in Afghanistan posed for photos of murdered civilians | World news | The Guardian

Commanders brace for backlash of anti-US sentiment that could be more damaging than after the Abu Ghraib scandal

U.S. army apologises over repugnant Afghan photos| Reuters

* U.S. army apologises for distress caused by photos * Five soldiers charged with murdering 3 Afghan villagers * Soldier Jeremy Morlock to testify against co-defendants BERLIN, March 21 (Reuters)

Afghan Women's Rights Activist Malalai Joya Denied Visa For Book Tour

US Government denied entry visa to Afghan women's rights activist and author Malalai Joya for her book tour for "Women Among Warlords." The news was announced in a press release.

Afghanistan War Crimes Probe Hit By Leak: Photos Released By 'Der Spiegel'

SEATTLE -- A photograph of a U.S. soldier smiling as he posed with the bloodied and partially naked corpse of an Afghan civilian was among those published digitally Sunday by a German news organization, despite attempts by Army officials to keep...