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    Afghan president postpones handover of US prison

    Associated Press – Thu, Feb 9, 2012

    KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday claimed that an airstrike carried out by the international coalition killed eight children in eastern Afghanistan.

    The Afghan leader said in a statement that the strike took place Wednesday in the Najrab district of Kapisa province, and that he has assigned a delegation of high-ranking officials and lawmakers to launch a comprehensive probe into the affair.

    The coalition confirmed only that there was a "situation in Najrab district" that was being assessed by a team to determine what had happened. More information would be released when the assessment is completed, the coalition said in a statement.

    Civilian casualties have caused serious tensions between the Afghan government and the international military coalition.

    The U.N. has said that last year was the deadliest on record for civilians in the Afghan war, although the largest cause of death for the more than 3,000 killed were roadside bombs. The total number civilian deaths caused by international and Afghan forces dropped last year, although the number of civilians killed by airstrikes targeting insurgents rose to 187 in 2011, the U.N. said.

    Also Thursday, Karzai's office said it has extended by one month the deadline for the transfer of the main American military prison in the country. It said the United States had until March 9 to transfer authority of the prison to the Afghan government.

    Parwan Detention Facility is located outside Bagram Air Field, a main NATO base north of the capital, Kabul.

    The statement said the delay was caused by a lack of cooperation from the U.S. side.

    There was no comment from the U.S.-led international coalition.

    The prison holds 3,000 detainees, including Afghans and foreign insurgents, and was to have been handed over on Feb. 5.

     

    31 comments

    • Tom Triumph
      Tom Triumph  •  3 mths ago
      Pull our troops out of there as fast as we can do so! There is no reason for the US to even be there anymore! Leave Afghanistan to their fate. They have to change their country, not NATO.
      • noburg
        noburg 3 mths ago
        how can Bush's cronies make millions off our dead troops if were not there?
    • Devery
      Devery  •  3 mths ago
      Kharzi is a criminal...kissing the books of Ahmadenijad.
    • JC
      JC  •  Champaign, Illinois  •  3 mths ago
      Time to hand over Afganistan and leave taking all equipment or destroying it, stop funding reconstruction enough has been done in that respect. I will go so far as saying they have recieved more than they had before the war. NO FURTHER TAX MONEY TO SUPPORT THAT PAPER GOVERNMENT !
      • WilliamM
        WilliamM 3 mths ago
        Or destroy it?
      • JC
        JC 3 mths ago
        Destroy all the equipment ( military ) stop trying to read into it !
    • m
      m  •  Sunnyvale, California  •  3 mths ago
      More than ten years later, these people still can not operate. Both sides. It is time to leave their country. Mind this country's business. They have been throwing sticks and stones, shooting bullets and rockets forever. Osama is dead.
    • Edwin
      Edwin  •  Montgomery, Alabama  •  3 mths ago
      After serving a year in Kabul, I'll say to hell with Afghanistan and use our $$ Billions to help our own!! Let's get out of there...they don't want to get better...they are just waiting for a hand-out!! We're just too stupid to realize it.
    • conan
      conan  •  Kifisia, Greece  •  3 mths ago
      they are good at killing innocent people......and they always come with an exuse.....what a shame...where is the human right orUNto llok in to this prob?they all turn their back and close their eyes.
      • dawg
        dawg 3 mths ago
        Clean up your own backyard. lol
    • Sam
      Sam  •  3 mths ago
      They aren't ready for it.
      But, like it or not, they will inherit it soon enough.
      Then they can deal with their own problems as they see fit...and not have the US to blame their failures on.
      • noburg
        noburg 3 mths ago
        they did not want to be invaded and murdered.
      • Sam
        Sam 3 mths ago
        Then why did they INVADE and MURDER in other countries?
        When they allow people on their lands to do so, then they have to answer for it.
        Don't forget, they had the opportunity to dismantle al-Queda and turn bin-laden over to the US.
        They refused to do so...instead they felt it was their duty to continue their anti-West stance...their duty to continue to INVADE and MURDER innocents of the West.
        You can not let people who continue to invade and murder your people to keep on doing so, eh?
        Don't forget USS Cole...Kenyan embassy...WTC 1993....
        Where do you draw the line?...9/11 was it.
        Capische?
    • Brenda M
      Brenda M  •  Los Angeles, California  •  3 mths ago
      salaam,
      Civil oath pledge means NOTHING in Democracy of Hippocracy leadership system of wizzards world
    • jose jimenez
      jose jimenez  •  San Antonio, Texas  •  3 mths ago
      It's past time to go
      these people don't want change they want out tax dollars to live on, get the hell out and let them kill each other.
    • You're No Fun
      You're No Fun  •  3 mths ago
      So... how about a "scorched earth" plan in Afghanistan?
    • James C
      James C  •  Dafter, Michigan  •  3 mths ago
      And yet another deadline from the towel heads. When is the world going to realize that the only thing these people do is posture, hide behind women, and shoot people "in the back".. I say let them kill each other off and save all of the aid they are getting and give it to people that need it in our country... But in order to do that we have to vote OBOZO, the Muslim loving Prez, out of office this fall....
      • dodobird
        dodobird 3 mths ago
        The bozoes (bush, cheney, dumbsfeld) are already out of office. time to crawl out of the cave and see the light.
    • noburg
      noburg  •  Ringgold, Georgia  •  3 mths ago
      the afgans and pakis hate us for good reason. leave them alone.
    • Todd V
      Todd V  •  Chico, California  •  3 mths ago
      Terrorists will be killing Terrorists ,
    • AnyPartyBut...
      AnyPartyBut...  •  3 mths ago
      Karzai needs more time to print up enough Pardon Certificates for the prisoners.
    • Owen
      Owen  •  3 mths ago
      Insurgents hide among civilians. We should have just carpet bombed the entire country and been done with it.
    • noburg
      noburg  •  Ringgold, Georgia  •  3 mths ago
      If the prisoners were tortured let them go. Thank the lying Bush for torture and rape.
    • Charles
      Charles  •  Sherman, Texas  •  3 mths ago
      Karzai is not stupid. Do you think he really wants that prison ?.What he says is for the local media. What it means is, "Please don't make me take any responsibility"
    • Brenda M
      Brenda M  •  Los Angeles, California  •  3 mths ago
      salaam,
      Walk away from Dome Duty as deceptioneer ready and eager to enter their NEW promise land
    • Brenda M
      Brenda M  •  Los Angeles, California  •  3 mths ago
      salaam,
      Deceptioneers ready and excited to enter their NEW promise land one level down in core value
    • Brenda M
      Brenda M  •  Los Angeles, California  •  3 mths ago
      salaam,
      Holy Land Garden Table flipped upside down since 1948 four post leggs waving in air space
      Dis Graceful Table setters
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