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At least 650 prisoners have been released from Bagram prison, after their cases were reviewed by Criminal Cases Review Commission. Abdul Shakoor Dadras, a member of the Criminal Cases Review Commission said, around 764 cases of the prisoners were reviewed by the commission during the past nine months. Mr. Dadras further added that the commission found no satisfactory evidence against the 650 prisoners, and were released from the jail. . .

The U.S. formally transferred control of its largest prison to the Afghans in a ceremony Monday at Bagram airbase north of Kabul. The Obama Administration agreed in March to cede control of Bagram, also known as the Parwan Detention Facility, well ahead of the 2014 deadline, at the insistence of President Hamid Karzai, in a deal to help our “partner in peace” politically. "We are telling the Afghan president and the Afghan people that today is a proud day," said Afghan army Gen. Ghulam Farouk, who now heads the prison. General John Allen, the U.S. commander in Afghanistan wasn’t quite...