US closed military prison in Bagram in Afghanistan

Date: 12:01, 11-12-2014.

Almaty. December 11. Silkroadnews - US closed its military prison located near the Bagram air base in the central Afghan province of Parwan, and handed her the prisoners were in power in Kabul, according to Afghan News Agency (AfTAG).
According to Pentagon spokesman Lt. Col. Miles Keggins, the US Department of Defense is no longer in detention centers in Afghanistan. In addition, the US military now "does not keep custody of any prisoners" in this country, he said. In this regard, according to M.Keggins, responsible for the operation of prisons is now the Afghan government.
As reported on Wednesday the US military released the last three prisoners from the prison in Parwan province. Two of them were handed over to the Afghan government. The third, on the conclusion of the American side does not pose a security risk and will be resettled in another country.
US originally planned by the end of this year to pass Kabul responsibility for their former military prisons in Afghanistan and kept there people.

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