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    Karzai orders transfer of US prison to Afghan control

    President Hamid Karzai, citing reports of human rights violations, on Thursday ordered the transfer of the US forces-run detention facility at the Bagram airfield in central Parwan province to Afghan control within a month, his office said.
    The order comes after Karzai was briefed on a report by the chairman of the Constitutional Oversight Commission, Gul Rahman Qazi, the President Office said in a statement.
    The report detailed many cases of violations of Afghan Constitution and other applicable laws of the country, the relevant international conventions and human rights at the prison, the statement said.
    It said Hamid Karzai has assigned a commission to transfer the Bagram Prison fully to Afghan government control within a month's time effective today.
    The same commission was initially tasked on January 9, 2010 to complete the transfer of the prison from the Americans within one year from January 2011 until January 2012.
    The facility was built within the sprawling US military base at Bagram, north of Kabul after the US-led invasion in 2001.


    Karzai orders transfer of US prison to Afghan control
    http://www.pajhwok.com/en/2012/01/05/karzai-orders-transfer-us-prison-afghan-control
    KABUL): President Hamid Karzai, citing reports of human rights violations, on Thursday ordered the transfer of the US forces-run detention facility at the Ba…
    Even Adobe Photoshop can't change me.

    A line[Durrand line] of hatred that raised a wall between the two brothers -Hamid Karzai

    For generations, the Hindus of India prayed for deliverance from "the venom of the cobra, the teeth of the tiger and the vengeance of the Afghan."


    The men of Kábul and Khilj also went home; and whenever they were questioned about the Musulmáns of the Kohistán (the mountains), and how matters stood there, they said, "Don't call it Kohistán, but Afghánistán; for there is nothing there but Afgháns and disturbances." Thus it is clear that for this reason the people of the country call their home in their own language Afghánistán, and themselves Afgháns. The people of India call them Patán; but the reason for this is not known. But it occurs to me, that when, under the rule of Muhammadan sovereigns, Musulmáns first came to the city of Patná, and dwelt there, the people of India (for that reason) called them Patáns—but God knows!

    -Ferishta, 1560–1620
    Tags: afghan, control, karzai, orders, prison, transfer
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    Originally posted by Admin Khan View Post
    President Hamid Karzai, citing reports of human rights violations, on Thursday ordered the transfer of the US forces-run detention facility at the Bagram airfield in central Parwan province to Afghan control within a month, his office said.
    The order comes after Karzai was briefed on a report by the chairman of the Constitutional Oversight Commission, Gul Rahman Qazi, the President Office said in a statement.
    The report detailed many cases of violations of Afghan Constitution and other applicable laws of the country, the relevant international conventions and human rights at the prison, the statement said.
    It said Hamid Karzai has assigned a commission to transfer the Bagram Prison fully to Afghan government control within a month's time effective today.
    The same commission was initially tasked on January 9, 2010 to complete the transfer of the prison from the Americans within one year from January 2011 until January 2012.
    The facility was built within the sprawling US military base at Bagram, north of Kabul after the US-led invasion in 2001.


    Karzai orders transfer of US prison to Afghan control | Pajhwok Afghan News

    Gul Rahman Qazi and millions like him have been recording their grievances about the human rights violations in detention and out in the open for a whole decade; why have the control now?
    Karzai's order to transfer control of Bagram and other detention facilities to Afghan entities is a well thought political maneuver. Expedited negotiations between U.S. and Taliban, leaving Afghan gov't outta the picture, and a future vulnerability has worried Karzai and his entourage, forcing them to have the high profile Taliban detainees in Bargam as a leverage or to say bargaining chip if needed. Technically, the detainees in Guantanamo Bay is mostly the leadership of pre-911 era which has little or no knowledge of the current insurgency. Whereas the ones locked up in Bargram and elsewhere may very well be the ones that were caught in the last five to six years, relatively young and enthusiastic with much more ties to the currently active Taliban than their predecessors locked up in Gitmo.
    Obama's last night speech about cutting the defense budget and down sizing it's military was a clear indication of this war ending earlier than thought. Him and defense secretary Panetta repeatedly said that the decade of war was over and that U.S. needed to focus on its economy. Such statements do worry those who sought their success and survival in the presence of U.S., and it is said that paranoia could make a man do crazy things. Karzai is a vivid instance
    Last edited by Guest; 01-06-2012, 01:06 AM.

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    • #3
      Millitpala,
      That's exactly why the Afghan government is consistently stressing that they must be involved. Well said wrora.
      Even Adobe Photoshop can't change me.

      A line[Durrand line] of hatred that raised a wall between the two brothers -Hamid Karzai

      For generations, the Hindus of India prayed for deliverance from "the venom of the cobra, the teeth of the tiger and the vengeance of the Afghan."


      The men of Kábul and Khilj also went home; and whenever they were questioned about the Musulmáns of the Kohistán (the mountains), and how matters stood there, they said, "Don't call it Kohistán, but Afghánistán; for there is nothing there but Afgháns and disturbances." Thus it is clear that for this reason the people of the country call their home in their own language Afghánistán, and themselves Afgháns. The people of India call them Patán; but the reason for this is not known. But it occurs to me, that when, under the rule of Muhammadan sovereigns, Musulmáns first came to the city of Patná, and dwelt there, the people of India (for that reason) called them Patáns—but God knows!

      -Ferishta, 1560–1620

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      • #4
        This reminds me of Shah Shuja. He also started giving problems to the British when he realized they were leaving

        He was trying to refashion himself as nationalistic

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