The United States is putting pressure on the Afghan government to keep 88 prisoners who have been cleared for release from Bagram prison behind bars, U.S. officials said on Wednesday. The U.S. supposedly handed over control of the military prison, a facility that has been marked by a history of torturous conditions and other human rights abuses,
Despite Promise, US Clings To Control Over Afghan Prison
Tensions high between two countries as US pressures Karzai over Bagram, security deal.