Nato halts Afghan prisoner transfer after torture fears

[xchrom]

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

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

The accusations come in an as-yet unpublished UN report, which describes how prisoners were beaten and in some cases given electric shocks.

The jails are run by the Afghan police and intelligence service.

A Nato official said it was a "prudent" measure until the allegations could be investigated.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

1. Of course, NATO knew nothing of this until the report.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[xchrom]

2. ^

:thumbsup:

[Supersedeas]

3. Who put the adults in charge?

[EFerrari]

4. I read a WL cable over the weekend that showed

State Department considered a third of the police chiefs in Afghanistan to be crooked, black marketers, etc.

A blogger in Afghanistan said he was surprised the other two thirds escaped detection. :shrug: