26 Mar 2013

Bagram jail handed to Afghan government

11:07 pm on 26 March 2013

The United States has handed over to Afghanistan the notorious Bagram jail - the last prison in the country still under American control.

The transfer ceremony had been delayed while the two sides finalised a deal over the fate of prisoners considered dangerous, the BBC reports.

Bagram has a chequered reputation, having been at the centre of a number of prisoner abuse allegations.