BEIJING, Nov. 20 (Xinhuanet) -- The President of has accused US forces of continuing to capture and hold Afghans, in violation of an agreement signed earlier this year between the two countries.

Hamid Karzai's statement comes just days after the start of negotiations on a bilateral security agreement that will govern the US military presence in the country after the majority of troops withdraw in 2014.

President Karzai said that some detainees are still being held by US forces even though Afghan judges have ruled that they have been released. He’s also denounced the continued arrest of Afghans by US forces.

The two countries signed the detainee transfer pact in March but the handover of detention facilities has been delayed by the US. The US argues that the Afghans are not ready to take over their management and insist the government agrees to hold without trial some detainees that the US deems too dangerous to release.

(Source: CNTV.cn)