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Afghan President Hamid Karzai has warned the United States that a delay in the handover of the country's biggest military prison is a ‘breach of Afghanistan’s sovereignty’. "Bagram Prison has to be transferred from international forces to Afghan authority on Monday," Karzai told the commander of the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force, General John Allen, and U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan James Cunningham. According to news24, in a statement earlier this week, Karzai said the government would take control of the prison which is located north of Kabul on September 10. In March, the two sides signed a deal that would give control of the prison to Afghan forces within six months. "The prison is supposed to be transferred to Afghan Government and thus any delay in its handover is considered a breach of the Afghan national sovereignty," Karzai said. According to the report, U.S. and NATO officials have not commented on the matter, but U.S. media have reported that Washington is unwilling to hand over the facility, where hundreds of suspected Taliban insurgents are being held. Former detainees and human rights groups have alleged that Bagram inmates were being ill-treated and some kept in solitary confinement, the report said.

Karzai warns US over not handing over military prison