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Eugene

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Thu Feb 13, 2014, 11:33 AM Feb 2014

Afghanistan frees 65 inmates U.S. calls 'dangerous'

Source: USA Today

Afghanistan frees 65 inmates U.S. calls 'dangerous'

Tom Vanden Brook, and Jim Michaels, USATODAY 8:31 a.m. EST February 13, 2014

Afghan authorities released 65 detainees from a detention facility Thursday in direct defiance of protests from the United States, which said the men were connected to the killing of Afghan civilians and coalition forces.

The U.S. command says more than two dozen of the men who were freed have been linked to the deaths of 32 U.S. and allied troops, have ties to the most violent terror groups in Afghanistan and were caught with weapons and materials for making improvised explosive devices (IEDs), according to documents obtained by USA TODAY. They were being held at the Afghan National Detention Facility-Parwan.

"The release of these dangerous individuals poses a threat to U.S. coalition and Afghan national security forces as well as the Afghan population," the U.S. command in Kabul said in a statement.

The move has added a further strain to the relationship between the United States and the government of Afghan President Hamid Karzai.

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Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/02/12/afghanistan-al-qaeda-terorrists-attacks/5433401/
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