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hands over Bagram prison to Afghans  Posted by: Fawad Khan,
Uploaded: 10th September 2012  U.S. officials handed over formal
control of Afghanistan’s only large-scale U.S.-run prison to
Kabul on Monday, even as disagreements between the two countries
over the Taliban and terror suspects held there marred the
transfer.  The handover ceremony took place at the prison next
to a sprawling U.S. airfield in Bagram, just north of Kabul.
President Hamid Karzai has hailed the transfer as a victory for
Afghan sovereignty.   Earlier this year, the image of the prison
was tarnished when hundreds of Qurans and other religious
materials were taken from its library and sent to a burn pit at
the military base. The event triggered scores of deadly anti-
American protests across Afghanistan and led to the deaths of
six U.S. soldiers.  “We are tell