A US appeals court appeared reluctant Thursday to grant detainees at the Bagram prison in Afghanistan the same rights given in 2008 to prisoners in Guantanamo to be able to challenge their detention in US civilian courts. Judges here were wary of extending three detainees such rights at the military prison at the Bagram Air Base north of Kabul, indicating ...

A US appeals court has appeared reluctant to grant detainees at the Bagram prison in Afghanistan the same rights given in 2008 to prisoners in Guantanamo to be able to challenge their detention in US civilian courts. Judges here were wary of extending three detainees such rights at the military prison at the Bagram Air Base north of Kabul, indicating ...

A federal judge who issued a groundbreaking order allowing military detainees in Afghanistan to go to U.S. civilian courts to challenge their confinement said Monday that the right doesn't apply to an Afghan prisoner. U.S. District Judge John Bates' ruling means the United States ...

A federal judge says the United States can continue to hold some prisoners at Guantanamo Bay indefinitely without any charges. U.S. District Judge John Bates' opinion issued Tuesday night limited the Obama administration's definition of who can be held. But he said Congress in the ...