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US, Afghanistan reach deal on transfer of prisoners

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    Issue threatened to derail a long-term partnership

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-- the United States in Afghanistan governments reaching a deal about transferring.

Prisoners.

-- Powell is live streaming from Kabul Afghanistan -- how many prisoners will be transferred.

Greg over the course of the next six months or so and nearly 3000 or so Afghan Taliban detainees will.

Be transferred from US custody in two Afghan custody -- -- -- -- the par one.

That detainee facility that will also be transferred from US hands two Afghan hands now.

The Afghan government has long demanded that the US hand -- -- Taliban detainees -- military never was against it but there were two big issues that.

Sort of held up this agreement in the past -- the first.

Is that they wanted to make sure that the Afghan government was prepared to handle these detainees that they were training capable they had the facilities.

And then the second one was really.

Revolving around the transfer.

The detainees in wind it would be released the US military fear that detainees will be picked up and the Afghans -- just simply release them.

This agreement great allows the US military particularly.

General John -- top commander here to veto any release of detainees -- -- both the Afghans and the US military agree on it John.

Our Greg Conner does this open a pathway to a long term strategic agreement.

This issue was one of the two issues that was holding up the long term agreement now -- this issue out of the way the next issue they have to deal with.

Is the issue of night raids the Afghan government wants night -- and the US military says it is a valuable tool in the fight against insurgents here in this country.

That is really the bigger issue that has been holding up this long term agreement.

Diplomats and military say they are we're talking and they are working on this and over the course of next few months they hope to have a final agreement.

Opening the way to a very long term agreement here the United States -- -- streaming live from Kabul Afghanistan thank you very much.

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