Pentagon Plans Huge Prison in Afghanistan
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The Pentagon is moving forward with plans to build a new, 40-acre detention complex on the main American military base in Afghanistan,
officials said, in a stark acknowledgment that the United States is likely to continue to hold prisoners overseas for years to come.
The Pentagon is planning to use $60 million in emergency construction funds this fiscal year to build a complex of 6 to 10 semi-permanent structures
resembling Quonset huts, each the size of a football field. Some detainees have been held without charge for more than five years, officials
said.
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