Bagram Theater Internment Facility

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Bagram Theater Internment Facility was a U.S.-run military prison in Afghanistan notorious for the detention and alleged abuse of terrorism suspects during the War on Terror.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf detention facility
military prison
afterUse taken over by Taliban after U.S. withdrawal
closedBy Taliban
surface form: Taliban forces
closureDate 2021
comparedTo Guantánamo
surface form: Guantanamo Bay detention camp
controlledBy United States of America
surface form: United States
country Afghanistan
criticizedBy human rights organizations
criticizedFor lack of due process for detainees
secretive detention practices
hasDetaineePopulation Afghan nationals
foreign nationals
suspected Taliban members
suspected al-Qaeda members
inception early 2000s
jurisdiction U.S. military jurisdiction
legalStatus extraterritorial detention site
locatedIn Bagram Airfield
Parwan Province
locatedInTimeZone Afghanistan Time
locatedNear Bagram Airfield
surface form: Bagram
locatedOn former Soviet-built air base
maintainedBy Joint Task Force 134
Joint Task Force 435
United States Army
surface form: U.S. Army
notableFor allegations of detainee abuse
allegations of torture
human rights controversies
indefinite detention without trial
operator United States Armed Forces
Department of Defense
surface form: United States Department of Defense
partOf War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
surface form: War in Afghanistan

Global War on Terrorism
surface form: War on Terror
securityClassification high-security facility
significantEvent expansion into Parwan Detention Facility
legal challenges in U.S. courts regarding detainee rights
transfer of detainees from other U.S. facilities in Afghanistan
startDate 2001
subjectOf United Nations Human Rights Council
surface form: United Nations human rights inquiries

human rights reports by Amnesty International
human rights reports by Human Rights Watch
investigative journalism reports
usedBy Central Intelligence Agency
United States Intelligence Community
surface form: U.S. intelligence agencies
usedFor detention of terrorism suspects
extrajudicial detention
interrogation of detainees

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