Bagram Afghanistan

Federal Appeals Court Bars Bagram Detainees From Civilian Trials

AP | PETE YOST | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Detainees at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan cannot use U.S. courts to challenge their imprisonment the way detainees in Guantanamo...

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NFL Coaches Visit Afghanistan Troops

AP | RICHARD ROSENBLATT | Posted 05.25.2011

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As Andy Reid visited with injured soldiers in a hospital at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan, the coach of the Philadelphia Eagles couldn't get over ho...

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Afghan Working Group Calls for Transparency at Bagram

Jonathan Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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The only way the United States will feel comfortable getting out of the risky and destructive detention business, is if it trusts the Afghan justice system.

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Lawyer: Tearing Down Bagram Prison Will Destroy Torture Evidence

AP | PAULINE JELINEK | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — A Pentagon plan to demolish its prison at Bagram, Afghanistan, amounts to destroying evidence in the cases of detainees who say the...

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The New Bagram: Has Anything Changed?

Jonathan Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Having toured it, I give the new Bagram detention facility a "vastly improved" grade compared to what it was before. But, that being said, U.S. detention policy still has a long way to go.

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Billy Miller Gets Child Porn Charge In Afghanistan: Family Says Army Soldier's Photos Are 'Innocent'

AP | DAVID MERCER | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The family of an Illinois National Guard soldier said Friday that he's been charged with possession of child pornography in Af...

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New Bagram Prison Procedures Still Fall Short

Jonathan Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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New Bagram detainee procedures, while not all bad, fail to create a fair and effective detention system that will be credible in the eyes of the Afghan government, the Afghan people, and human rights groups.

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Bagram Prison Threatens Success in Afghanistan

Jonathan Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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The U.S. military finally seems to have learned that dropping bombs on civilians isn't the way to win the hearts and minds of Afghans. But neither is grabbing people out of their houses and jailing them.

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Afghan Prison At Bagram Poses Problem For Obama

Nytimes.com | ERIC SCHMITT | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- For months, a national debate has raged over the fate of the 245 detainees at the United States military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba...

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Another Guantanamo Prison Grows In Afghanistan

TIME | MARK THOMPSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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The incoming Obama Administration says it wants to shut down the U.S. military prison at Guantánamo Bay. But even if Guantánamo closes, the controve...

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Death in Kabul

Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 05.25.2011

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Abid was the victim of the cheating lawlessness in Afghanistan. Whoever killed him will never be questioned, charged or jailed for the crime.

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