Foreign Policy | NATO’s thorny prisoner dilemma
This article was first published by Foreign Policy’s AfPak Channel: As the majority of coalition forces prepare to withdraw from Afghanistan at the close of 2014, concerns are growing for the future of the detainees they must leave behind. During the course of the twelve-year war, NATO troops have apprehended thousands of suspected insurgents, most of whom have been released or transferred to the Afghan authorities. However, renewed fears regarding the prevalence of torture in Afghan custody have forced ISAF […]
Categories: Afghanistan, NATO • Tags: Afghanistan, Asadullah Khalid, ISAF, Ministry of Defence, NATO, Philip Hammond, torture, UNAMA