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Inside Bagram Prison

As Western forces withdraw from Afghanistan, a political row has broken out over what to do with suspected Taliban insurgents being held in Bagram prison. Yalda Hakim reports.

As Western military forces withdraw from Afghanistan, a toxic political row has broken out over what to do with hundreds of suspected Taliban insurgents being held in the maximum-security prison at Bagram, near the capital Kabul. Many have been held there for years without trial. Our World's, Yalda Hakim, gains exclusive access to the prison and investigates how this highly charged issue, is threatening to derail high level US-Afghan relations at a critical juncture in the country's history.

30 minutes

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Sun 2 Mar 2014 22:30GMT

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