Afghan Prison grows beyond capacity

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U.S. prison grows beyond capacity in Afghanistan

"WASHINGTON: As the Bush administration struggles for a way to close the military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, a similar effort to scale down a larger and more secretive American detention center in Afghanistan has been beset by political, legal and security problems, officials say.

The American detention center, established at the Bagram military base as a temporary screening site after the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, is now teeming with some 630 prisoners — more than twice the 275 being held at Guantánamo."

U.S. prison grows beyond capacity in Afghanistan - International Herald Tribune
 
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