US building Afghan prison to hold Guantanamo detainees

The United States is helping build a prison in Afghanistan that would take some prisoners now at Guantanamo Bay, but the White House said today it was not meant as an alternative to the detainee facility in Cuba.

US building Afghan prison  to hold Guantanamo detainees

The United States is helping build a prison in Afghanistan that would take some prisoners now at Guantanamo Bay, but the White House said today it was not meant as an alternative to the detainee facility in Cuba.

The Bush administration wants to close Guantanamo Bay and move its terror suspects to prisons elsewhere, but says no decision about the status of the facility is imminent.

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