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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. | 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' | 'New low' |
| The detainees began to emerge from the prison gates in groups of half a dozen or so on Thursday morning, the BBC's David Loyn in Kabul reports. | |
| Some were reportedly laughing and smiling as they boarded a bus and taxis to leave the facility. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
| According to the UN Security Council's mandate, the US-led international military force in Afghanistan is scheduled to hand over all security duties to Afghan forces before its full withdrawal by the end of 2014. | |
| However, President Karzai has refused to sign a security deal with Washington that would set the final framework for the withdrawal. | |
| The Security and Defence Co-operation Agreement, if signed, could see some 10,000 US troops stay in Afghanistan for another 10 years. |