The U.S. military gave control of its last 'Parwan' Detention Facility in Afghanistan to Kabul on Monday, a year after the two sides initially agreed on the transfer. Top U.S. commander in Afghanistan Gen. Joseph Dunford handed over Parwan, located near the U.S.-run Bagram military base north of Kabul, at a ceremony there after signing an agreement with Afghan Defense Minister Bismullah Khan Mohammadi. "The transfer of the detention facility is an important part of the overall transition of security lead to Afghan National Security Forces. This ceremony highlights an increasingly confident, capable, and sovereign Afghanistan," Dunford was quoted as saying by the Associated Press. The detention center houses about 3,000 prisoners. A new agreement, or memorandum of understanding, was signed at the ceremony by Dunford and Khan, but a copy was not immediately made public. The agreement supplants one signed last March that agreed to the handover.
