By IANS,
Washington : A US-run detention centre in Afghanistan that houses 3,000 people will move to Afghan control under a crucial agreement signed by the two countries, CNN reported.
The agreement signed Friday calls for the US to transfer all of the approximately 3,000 Afghan citizens currently held at the Parwan detention facility near Bagram air base to the Afghan authorities within six months.
The first 500 detainees would be transferred within 45 days, the agreement said.
Although detainees would be held by Afghanistan, US forces would remain at Parwan in a “technical advisory and logistical support” role, officials said.
Afghan commanders also would not have the authority to release detainees on their own, according to the agreement.
Any request to release a prisoner would have to be agreed to by a joint committee headed by the NATO-led ISAF commander and the Afghan defence minister.
CNN said the deal does not apply to about 50 non-Afghan prisoners being held at Parwan.