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| United States closes last detainee site in Afghanistan as troop pullout advances | United States closes last detainee site in Afghanistan as troop pullout advances |
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| KABUL — The United States closed its last detention facility in Afghanistan on Thursday in the latest step to scale down its military mission and sever another link to post-9/11 sites detailed in a report on alleged CIA abuses. | KABUL — The United States closed its last detention facility in Afghanistan on Thursday in the latest step to scale down its military mission and sever another link to post-9/11 sites detailed in a report on alleged CIA abuses. |
| The closure of the U.S. prisoner facility at the Bagram air base north of Kabul came following the transfer of detainees to other countries or into Afghan custody, such as Tunisian detainee Redha al-Najar, the Reuters news agency reported. | The closure of the U.S. prisoner facility at the Bagram air base north of Kabul came following the transfer of detainees to other countries or into Afghan custody, such as Tunisian detainee Redha al-Najar, the Reuters news agency reported. |
| Najar was captured as a suspected bodyguard of Osama bin Laden in May 2002. He and another Tunisian were held at one of the secret CIA facilities described in an exhaustive Senate report released Monday. | |
| The report reopened scrutiny of interrogation methods such as waterboarding and stress positions used against detainees following the Sept. 11 attacks. | The report reopened scrutiny of interrogation methods such as waterboarding and stress positions used against detainees following the Sept. 11 attacks. |
| The U.S. embassy in Kabul said the Bagram closure is linked to plans to withdraw the bulk of U.S. forces from Afghanistan by January. At one point, hundreds of detainees were held at Bagram. | The U.S. embassy in Kabul said the Bagram closure is linked to plans to withdraw the bulk of U.S. forces from Afghanistan by January. At one point, hundreds of detainees were held at Bagram. |
| Even as international forces pull back from Afghanistan, violence remains a constant threat. | Even as international forces pull back from Afghanistan, violence remains a constant threat. |
| On Thursday, a suicide bomber killed at least five Afghan soldiers in s military minibus in the first assault in the capital Kabul in more than a week, officials said. | On Thursday, a suicide bomber killed at least five Afghan soldiers in s military minibus in the first assault in the capital Kabul in more than a week, officials said. |
| In a separate attack, a teenage suicide bomber targeted a packed auditorium during a music performance at a French-run high school in Kabul, killing a German citizen, the Associated Press reported, citing the acting interior minister, Mohammad Ayoub Salangi. | |
| Germany plans to deploy up to 850 soldiers to a NATO-directed training and advisory mission in Afghanistan beginning next month. The force will take over after the alliance’s combat troops leave the country. |