US approves Afghan torture jails

The report by the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission and the New York-based Open Society Institute published on Saturday suggests that some people captured by the US-led forces on the battlefield are treated inhumanely.

The United Nation investigators had found evidence of torture in an Afghan facility where detainees were transferred after capture by US personnel, according to the report.

The report details 11 “recent, credible cases” in which detainees claimed they have been tortured in Afghan prisons.

In September, NATO said it had stopped transferring detainees to 16 Afghan detention facilities shortly before a UN report that found evidence of torture at those prisons.

“There is compelling evidence that at least some US forces or personnel continue to transfer individuals to NDS Kandahar despite not only a widely acknowledged risk of torture but also evidence that detainees transferred to NDS Kandahar by US forces have been subjected to torture,” the report said.

According to the report, “there may be US forces or personnel, perhaps including CIA or other US intelligence officials,” operating outside NATO commands that are responsible for sending the detainees to banned facilities.

The US-led invasion of Afghanistan was launched in 2001 under the pretext of removing the Taliban from power; however, insecurity has been growing across the country, despite the presence of tens of thousands of US-led forces there.

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