KABUL (AP) - The Afghan
government has agreed on a transition plan to take over responsibility
for the U.S.-run prison at Bagram air base, where there have been
allegations of human rights abuses. U.S. and Afghan officials said the
handover could occur by the end of the year.Treatment of inmates at
the facility has been under scrutiny since the 2002 deaths at Bagram of
two Afghan detainees, which led to prisoner abuse charges against
several American troops. Concerns about lengthy detentions also have
drawn comparisons with U.S. detention centers in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba,
and in Iraq.
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