U.S. Air Force airmen remove snow from an F-15E Strike Eagle on Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Jan 5, 2012. The airmen are assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Matt Hecht
Afghan Commission Alleges US Prison Abuse, Says Detainees Held Without Evidence Must Be Freed -- Washington Post/AP
KABUL, Afghanistan — An Afghan investigative commission accused the American military Saturday of abuse at its main prison in the country, repeating President Hamid Karzai’s demand that the U.S. turn over all detainees to Afghan custody and saying anyone held without evidence should be freed.
The demands put the U.S. and the Afghan governments on a collision course in an issue that will decide the fate of hundreds of suspected Taliban and al-Qaida operators captured by American forces. The head of the Afghan investigation said U.S. officials told him many of those militant suspects were taken based on intelligence that cannot be used in Afghan courts.
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More News on Afghanistan
Combined Forces Capture Insurgent Leaders -- US Department of Defense
8 NATO Service Members Killed in Afghan Attacks -- New York Times
8 NATO troops killed in 24 hours in southern Afghanistan -- Washington Post
10 NATO soldiers killed in Afghanistan since early January -- Xinhuanet
US says militants' safe havens in Pak 'obstacle' to restoring peace in Afghanistan -- New Kerala
Hamid Karzai Tells The Daily Beast That U.S. Night Raids Must End -- Daily Beast
Hamid Karzai demands U.S. return Bagram detention center to Afghan control within a month -- Daily Mail
Afghan commission alleges U.S. prison abuse -- CTV
News of Taliban Office in Qatar Sparks Flurry of Speculation -- Voice of America
Tortured Afghan girl suffering in hospital, aid worker says -- CNN
Afghan strategy 'won't stop war' -- Brendan Nicholson, The Australian
Will Fawzia Koofi Be Afghanistan's First Female President? -- Newsweek
The road map to the Afghan endgame -- Pepe Escobar, Al Jazeera
Talking with the Taliban -- Boston Herald editorial
Will U.S.-Taliban talks lead to peace in Afghanistan? -- Abdul Haleem, Yangtze Yan, Xinhuanet
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