Afghan prisoner torture fears in UN report

[dipsydoodle]

Source: BBC News 6 September 2011 Last updated at 15:22 BST

The Nato-led mission in Afghanistan is considering suspending the transfer of detainees to several Afghan jails, following allegations of widespread torture, the BBC has learned.

The accusations came in an as-yet unpublished UN report, which describes how prisoners were beaten and in some cases given electric shocks.

It accuses some police commanders of running secret jails.

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The international mission has met with National Directorate of Security (NDS) chiefs and warned them that it may stop transferring prisoners in seven provinces including Khost in the south-east, Takhar in the north and Herat in the West.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-14809579

[Hubert Flottz]

1. We need to extract our soldiers from that hell hole ASAP!

That place will never change...it never has.

[gratuitous]

2. Prolly just some "rogue" police commanders are responsible

After all, none of our star-spangled fightin' men and women would be involved in war crimes or crimes against humanity like torture.