The United States has pulled out of all prisons in Afghanistan and no longer holds any detainees, a US official said yesterday
Asking not to be named, the official confirmed to the media that after a careful review by the Pentagon and the State Department, the last “third-country nationals” in US custody in Afghanistan had been transferred and the US military no longer operates any detention facilities there.
In March 2013 Afghan forces took full control from the US of Bagram prison, renamed Parwan, and located on the sprawling US military airbase. But the US had remained in charge of foreign prisoners.
In 2001, about 30,000 foreign soldiers and civilians were housed at the former Soviet base, but the number has been falling and will be cut to 6,000 US troops next year.
