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Sixty-five detainees have been released from Afghanistan’s Bagram detention centre, a move condemned by the US as “deeply regrettable”.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The US embassy in Kabul said some of those released were responsible for the deaths of Afghan civilians, and Afghan and coalition troops.<\/span>
But Kabul insists there is not enough evidence against the detainees.<\/span>
Hundreds of prisoners at Bagram jail have been freed since it was put under Afghan control in March last year.<\/span><\/p>\n

‘New low’<\/strong><\/span>
The detainees began to emerge from the prison gates in groups of half a dozen or so on Thursday morning, the BBC’s David Loyn in Kabul reports.<\/span>
Some were reportedly laughing and smiling as they boarded a bus and taxis to leave the facility, which is now called the Parwan Detention Facility and is about 45km (28 miles) north of Kabul.<\/span>
In a statement, the US embassy said: “The Government of Afghanistan’s decision to release 65 detainees from the Parwan Detention Center is deeply regrettable.”<\/span>
It said that evidence linking those released to serious crimes needed to be considered under Afghan law.<\/span>
It said: “We requested a thorough review of each case. Instead, the evidence against them was never seriously considered.”<\/span>
Washington says one of the men was captured after being wounded during an attack on Afghan forces.<\/span>
Others were reportedly arrested carrying weapons including shotguns, assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenade-launchers and bomb-making equipment.<\/span>
The US says there is also other incriminating information from mobile phones, and details of interviews with suspects including confessions.<\/span>
The embassy said: “The Afghan government bears responsibility for the results of its decision.<\/span>
“We urge it to make every effort to ensure that those released do not commit new acts of violence and terror, and to immediately bring to justice any who do so.”<\/span>
The release marks a new low in relations between Afghanistan and the US forces in the country, our correspondent says.<\/span>
He adds that the decision is a political one taken personally by Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who was a long-term critic of the Bagram detention centre under its previous control.<\/span>
The facility, which housed mainly Taliban and other insurgents captured by Western military forces, was at the centre of a number of prisoner abuse allegations.<\/span>
According to the UN Security Council’s mandate, the US-led international military force in Afghanistan is scheduled to hand over all security duties to Afghan forces before its full withdrawal by the end of 2014.<\/span>
However, President Karzai has refused to sign a security deal with Washington that would set the final framework for the withdrawal.<\/span>
The Security and Defence Co-operation Agreement, if signed, could see some 10,000 US troops stay in Afghanistan for a number of years.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source: BBC News<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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