Afghanistan War News Updates -- March 15, 2013

A general view of Bagram prison (file photo)

Dispute Over High-Risk Prisoners Threatens To Disrupt U.S.-Afghan Talks -- Washington Post

A dispute over the fate of about three dozen militants held by U.S. forces in Afghanistan has disrupted negotiations over a long-term security agreement to leave U.S. troops in the country after 2014.

The United States has refused to turn over the prisoners — deemed especially dangerous compared with more than 3,000 already transferred to Afghan control — unless President Hamid Karzai guarantees they will not be released. He has so far declined.

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