Monday, September 10, 2012

Afghanistan War News Updates -- September 10, 2012





Afghanistan: US Hands Over Controversial Bagram Jail -- BBC

The US military has handed control of a controversial prison housing more than 3,000 Taliban fighters and terrorism suspects to the Afghan authorities.

In a small ceremony, Afghan officials said inmates had been transferred to their authority.

The move is part of a deal to transfer all Afghan prisons back to local control ahead of the withdrawal of Nato forces at the end of 2014.

Bagram prison has been at the centre of a number of prisoner abuse allegations.

Although Afghan President Hamid Karzai has hailed the handover, disagreements with the US remain.

Washington is insisting that it will maintain control over some detainees in the prison.

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More News On Afghanistan

ISAF Joint Command morning operational update, Sept. 10 -- ISAF
War in Afghanistan News -10 Sep 2012 -- War On Terror News

British soldier killed in Afghanistan -- The Guardian
British soldier killed in Afghanistan after vehicle struck by roadside bomb -- AP
Bomber Kills 16 in Attack on Afghan Protest Site -- New York Times
Suicide bomber kills 16 in north Afghanistan -- Reuters
Suicide blast kills 16 in Afghanistan -- CNN
Suicide Bomber Kills 6 in Afghan Capital -- Voice of America
Captive US soldier safe: Haqqani commander -- FOX News/AP

Taliban 'prepared to work with US on security in Afghanistan' -- The Telegraph
Controversial plan could carve up Afghanistan with the Taliban -- Belfast Telegraph

U.S. hands over Bagram prison to Afghans -- USA Today/AP
U.S. transfers control of Bagram prison to Afghan officials -- Washington Post
US Hands Over Bagram Prison to Afghan Authorities -- Voice of America
U.S. turns over control of Bagram prison to Afghan authorities -- L.A. Times
Afghanistan 'takes control' of controversial US prison -- Straits Times/AFP
Afghan army takes control of Bagram prison -- UPI

U.S. Puts Transfer of Detainees to Afghans on Hold -- New York Times
US presses pause in the handover of Afghan detainees -- CNN
Afghan pundits question Bagram prison deal -- BBC
Bagram prison detainees 'will not return to the battlefield' -- BBC

U.S. Probes Reported Record-Shredding of Fuel Buys for Afghan Army -- Reuters
Records Missing on Afghan Army Fuel Costs -- New York Times
Watchdog questions $1 billion program for Afghan army fuel -- FOX News/AP
U.S. Inspector Slams Afghan Army Fuel Program -- Radio Free Europe
US watchdog questions spending for Afghan army -- Stars and Stripes/AP

'We will use all our strength to kill or kidnap him': Taliban's chilling warning to Prince Harry as he starts Afghanistan tour -- Daily Mail
Afghan Taliban threaten to kidnap, kill Prince Harry -- NBC
Afghan Taliban threaten to kidnap and kill Prince Harry -- Reuters
Prince Harry was deployed to Afghanistan to atone for naked pictures, claims Taliban -- The Telegraph

After nearly 11 years at war in Afghanistan, US troop deaths don’t evoke sense of shared loss -- Washington Post/AP
Rewarding Afghanistan’s torturers? -- Brad Adams, Special to CNN
What's Next For Afghanistan -- Nemat Sadat, The Commentator

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