U.S. Closes Bagram Prison In Afghanistan

U.S. Closes Bagram Prison, Says No More Detainees Held In Afghanistan -- Reuters

(Reuters) - The United States said on Thursday it had shut its last detention facility in Afghanistan and no longer had custody of detainees there, closing a much-criticized chapter in Washington's fight against Islamic extremism.

The U.S. Defense Department said it had recently transferred the last detainees from Bagram Airfield north of the capital, Kabul. It closed the prison there on Dec. 10, a day after a Senate report detailed abuse at a secret CIA prison in Afghanistan.

The U.S. embassy in Kabul said the closure decision was linked to a deadline to end the detention program in Afghanistan this year, not to the Senate report.

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U.S. Closes Bagram Detention Center, Hands Over Last Afghan Prisoners -- NBC
US ends control of Parwan, last of Afghan prisons under US operation -- AP
US shuts its last prison in Afghanistan -- The Guardian
US says it has no detainees in Afghanistan -- SKY News
US Military Hands Over Last 3 Prisoners in Afghanistan -- Military.com
US No Longer Has Detainees in Closed Afghan Detention Facilities: Pentagon -- Sputnik
US closes Bagram detention center in Afghanistan -- RT
The US says it no longer holds any detainees in Afghanistan as a CIA torture report mentions a "black site" outside Bagram Air Base. -- SBS
The closure of Bagram prison marks an end of an era in Afghanistan -- Euronews