Bagram prisoner case comes before UK’s top court

ShareThis Bagram prisoner case comes before UK’s top court –Terror suspects at Parwan are denied access to lawyers. 02 Jul 2012 Britain’s Supreme Court has taken up the case of a 29-year-old detainee held by American officials at an Afghan prison outside Bagram air base. The two-day hearing in the case of Yunus Rahmatullah of [...]

US secretly releasing Taliban prisoners from Bagram prison

ShareThis US secretly releasing Taliban prisoners from Bagram prison 07 May 2012 America has secretly been releasing high-level Taliban prisoners from a top security military prison as part of negotiations with insurgents. Up to 20 prisoners have been released from Bagram prison in the past two years after giving assurances they would give up their [...]

Gitmo’s evil twin: Afghanistan slams torture in US-run Bagram jail

ShareThis Gitmo’s evil twin: Afghanistan slams torture in US-run Bagram jail [Bush's evil twin: Obama] 08 Jan 2012 The US military has been accused of abuse and torture at its notorious detention center in Afghanistan. Investigators say most detainees at Bagram prison are being held without charge or firm evidence of guilt. [Just like US [...]

Hamid Karzai orders transfer of US prison at Bagram to Afghan control

ShareThis Hamid Karzai orders transfer of US prison at Bagram to Afghan control 05 Jan 2012 Hamid Karzai, the Afghan President, has made a bid to wrest back control of the peace process with the Taliban by demanding that the US hand over control of their detention facility at Bagram within a month. Mr Karzai [...]

US Bagram airbase north of Afghan capital hit by missiles

ShareThis Breaking: US Bagram airbase north of Afghan capital hit by missiles 01 Jan 2012 [This story will be updated.] Citizens for Legitimate Government              

British government asks US to hand over unlawfully held Bagram prisoner

ShareThis British government asks US to hand over unlawfully held Bagram prisoner 21 Dec 2011 The British government has asked Washington to hand over a man held by US forces in Afghanistan after the appeal court ordered a writ of habeas corpus be issued seven years after he was detained. The court ordered the writ [...]

Bagram Airbase threat to entire region

ShareThis Bagram Airbase threat to entire region 19 Dec 2011 The head of Iran Foreign Ministry’s Afghanistan Headquarters says the US airbase near the city of Bagram poses a serious security and intelligence threat to Kabul’s regional neighbors. Mohsen Pakayin said the Bagram Airbase is among the main US bases in Afghanistan and has very [...]