Afghan President Hamid Karzai has ordered government forces to seize control of the U.S. military prison at Bagram Air Base. On Monday, a Karzai spokesperson accused the United States of breaching a March agreement on transferring the prison and its inmates over to Afghan control.

Aimal Faizi: “The president has ordered the minister of defense, the attorney general and the chief commander of Bagram prison to take serious and swift measures to ensure that a full Afghanistanization of the Bagram prison takes place, including its management.”

The Afghan government says the United States continues to hold dozens of prisoners in Bagram that have been cleared for release. More than 600 prisoners remain in U.S. custody.