"Hamid Karzai, furious at being sidelined from Afghan peace talks, has thrown his government into yet another dramatic confrontation with the international community by demanding the US hand over control of its main military prison in Afghanistan.
Officials at the US embassy and Nato headquarters in Kabul scrambled to deal with the unexpected announcement, which comes amid humiliation for Karzai over US efforts to set up an overseas political office for the Taliban despite the minimal involvement of the Afghan government.
Karzai said a commission had been established to oversee the transfer, within a month, of the detention centre at Parwan, which replaced the old prison at Bagram airbase, north of Kabul. Bagram became infamous during the "war on terror" for holding the most "high-value" Taliban and al-Qaida detainees."
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