Karzai Still Calling For End To Night Raids. Yes Again.

The night raids are not the only possible deal breaker, it seems. The other remaining hot issue is Karzai’s request that the U.S. immediately transfer control of the prison it runs at Parwan, and all Afghan prisoners in U.S. custody in Afghanistan, to the Afghan government. “These we consider to be a violation of our sovereignty,” he said, “and we want them to end all that before we sign the partnership deal.” In a surprise statement that Karzai’s palace released late this week, the president said he wanted control of the prison and the custody of the prisoners transferred into Afghan hands within one month. The U.S. had not seen the prisons and prisoner issue as a serious sticking point in the negotiations. Link here.