US hands over disputed military prison to Afghanistan control after rise in tensions

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[quote](CNN) -- The United States on Monday handed over control of a U.S.-run prison near Bagram Air Base to Afghan authorities.

The handover of control of the detention center in Parwan fulfills an agreement between Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Afghan President Hamid Karzai.

The detention facility has been a sticking point between U.S. and Afghan authorities, and tensions over the facility re-emerged this month with sharp words from Karzai that the commander of NATO's International Security Assistance Force called "inflammatory."

The handover deal was reached Saturday, but came a full year after the initial plan was announced by U.S and Afghan authorities.

The original plan called for the prison and detainees to be handed over with six months, but in September, the United States "paused" the transfer of detainees, which include suspected Taliban militants and insurgents.

[B]The U.S. military has not publicly discussed the specifics of the dispute. [/B]But a military official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, told CNN last year that the United States was holding on to several detainees over concerns about whether Afghan authorities will properly handle their cases and under what circumstances they might be released.[/quote]

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