chicagotribune.com - 9/23/2008
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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) _ Five detainees in an American military prison in Afghanistan met with their families Tuesday in the first face-to-face visits allowed since the U.S. set up the detention center six years ago, officials said. The five families met for an hour with the prisoners inside ...
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U.S. Allows Family Visits at Afghan Military Prison
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... After years of negotiating with human rights groups and the Red Cross, the U.S. this week allowed five detainees at Bagram AFB in Afghanistan to receive a family visit. There are 600 detainees in Bagram, some of whom have been held for years. ...
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... After six years of detention without charge or trial, the families of five lucky Afghan detainees were allowed to see their loved ones. The other 594 are still waiting: ...
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