ISLAMABAD: Campaigners has urged Pakistan to put pressure on the United States (US) to free around 60 foreigners held without charge at Bagram prison before North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) troops leave Afghanistan next year.

The foreigners suspected Islamist fighters who include around 40 Pakistanis, some Saudis and Kuwaitis, were exempt when the United States handed final responsibility for more than 3,000 detainees at Bagram to Afghan authorities in March.

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