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Afghan detainees tortured in prison, U.N. says

• Washington Post
Prisoners handed over by international forces to Afghan custody are being subjected to “systematic’’ torture by Afghan interrogators seeking intelligence in the war against the Taliban, according to a United Nations report released Monday. The report portrays prisoner abuse by Afghan authorities on a scale far wider than previously known. 

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