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| Afghan prisoners freed from Bagram despite US protests | Afghan prisoners freed from Bagram despite US protests |
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| Sixty-five detainees have been released from Afghanistan's Bagram detention centre, local officials say, despite strong protests by the US. | |
| Washington argues the move is dangerous, saying it has evidence the men were responsible for carrying out attacks on Nato and Afghan troops. | Washington argues the move is dangerous, saying it has evidence the men were responsible for carrying out attacks on Nato and Afghan troops. |
| But Kabul insists there is not enough evidence against the detainees. | But Kabul insists there is not enough evidence against the detainees. |
| Hundreds of prisoners at Bagram jail have been freed since it was put under Afghan control in March last year. | Hundreds of prisoners at Bagram jail have been freed since it was put under Afghan control in March last year. |
| 'New low' | |
| The detainees began to emerge from the gates of prison in groups of half a dozen or so on Thursday morning, the BBC David Loyn in Kabul reports. | |
| Some were reportedly laughing and smiling as they boarded a bus and taxis to leave the facility. | |
| The Americans believe the releases violate the Bagram transfer agreement because evidence against the men has not been considered. | |
| Washington says one of the men was captured after being wounded during an attack on Afghan forces. | |
| Others were reportedly arrested carrying weapons including shotguns, assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenade-launchers and bomb-making equipment. | |
| The US says there also is other incriminating information from mobile phones, and details of interviews with suspects including confessions. | |
| The release marks a new low in relations between Afghanistan and the US forces in the country, our correspondent says. | |
| He adds that the decision is a political one taken personally by Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who has long campaigned against Bagram detention centre. | |
| The facility, which houses mainly Taliban and other insurgents captured by Western military forces, has also been at the centre of a number of prisoner abuse allegations. | |
| US-led international troops are preparing to withdraw fully from the country. |