UN reports Afghan Abuse - Tribune de Genève en ligne - www.tdg.ch - Tdg News

Tribune de Genève en ligne - www.tdg.ch - Tdg News:

"A United Nations rights investigator examining the situation in Afghanistan said Saturday that foreign troops had mistreated and possibly tortured people in the war-torn country.

'There is a very unusual practice in Afghanistan, mainly foreign forces, who have taken upon themselves the right, without any legal process of arresting people, detaining them, mistreating them and possibly even torturing them,' said Cherif Bassiouni, the UN-appointed Independent Expert on Human Rights in Afghanistan.
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The US Army acknowleged in Decemeber that eight prisoners have died in US military custody in Afghanistan since US-led forces toppled the Taliban regime, two more than were previously disclosed."