Karzai orders Afghan forces to capture US detention facility

 Published: 19 November, 2012, 21:28

Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai (AFP Photo / Indranil Mukherjee)

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has criticized the U.S. military for violating an agreement and illegally continuing to hold Afghans as prisoners against the orders of the Afghan government and courts. The deal, signed in March, gave the US six months to transfer the captured Afghans – an agreement the US has not upheld. Karzai released a statement Monday calling the failure to hand over detainees “a serious breach of the Memorandum of Understanding.”

The Afghan president also ordered his forces to seize control of the Parwan detention facility, where US forces continue to hold prisoners in a closed-off section, many of which were recently captured.
 Story continues at rt.com