According to today's New York Times:
A ceremony in which the American military had planned to hand over full control of the Bagram Prison to Afghanistan was canceled Saturday, throwing into doubt an agreement between the two countries on custody of the remaining Afghan prisoners still being held by American forces.
What was the reason for the cancellation?
In September, when the accord called for the full transfer to the Afghans, the Americans boycotted a transfer ceremony and canceled the transfer of all prisoners to the Afghans because the two sides could not agree on how to handle the releases. The Americans wanted the prisoners held without trial indefinitely, and the Afghans insisted on holding trials for them.
Did the New York Times get this story right? Americans demend the prisoners held without trial indefinitely while the Afghans insist on holding trials for them? Shouldn't the opposite be true?
No wonder when American policitians preach democracy and human rights, people in other countries hear hypocrisies.