PRESIDENT Hamid Karzai says the United States will hand over a final group of Afghan prisoners held at a controversial jail, signalling a breakthrough in a long-running dispute with Washington.
Last September, the United States passed the Afghan authorities control of more than 3,000 detainees at Bagram, a sprawling detention centre north of Kabul which has in the past been dubbed the Guantanamo Bay of Afghanistan.
But the Americans continued to guard 50 foreigners not covered by the agreement and hundreds of Afghans arrested since the transfer deal was signed in March 2012.
In November, Karzai accused the United States of breaching the deal, saying that prisoners found innocent by courts were still being held and more people had been captured by American forces against the provisions of the agreement.
Kabul made control of the prison a condition for signing a long-term agreement and agreeing to possible legal immunity that would allow some US troops to remain in the country after the bulk of Western combat forces withdraw next year.
But implementation of the transfer process has been beset by disagreements, and negotiations over the fate of detainees have often ground to a halt.
"Our efforts for the transfer of the US-run prison, years-long efforts, have eventually paid off and next week the transfer will at last take place," Karzai told the opening of a new parliamentary session.
"This transfer of prison will take place on Saturday."
Details of the final agreement have not been released.
The US-led military coalition in Kabul declined to comment, except to confirm that the final handover would take place on Saturday.
Human rights campaigners have regularly criticised Bagram prison, 50 kilometres north of Kabul.
They say it fails to comply with international norms because some inmates are detained without trial or knowledge of the charges against them.
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