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KANKASH: Prisoners 'Risk ill Treatment in Afghan Custody'

Sunday, 02 December 2012 18:49 Written by TOLOnews.com

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The British Defense Secretary has said that the detainees captured by UK forces in Afghanistan cannot currently be transferred to Afghan custody because of the risk of ill treatment.

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Philip Hammond has imposed a temporary ban on handing over suspects to Afghan forces, a High Court judge was told.

It comes as President Hamid Karzai ordered Afghan forces to take control of the American-built Bagram prison and accused American officials of violating an agreement to fully transfer the facility to Afghan control.

In this episode of Kankash, we look at this topic with the following guests:

• Mohammad Sarwar Osmani, member of Parliament

• Zalmai Zabuli, head of Senate Complaints Commission

• Amir Mohammad Jamshidi, director of Afghanistan's largest prison Pul-e-Charkhi