A study released by the United Nations found the use of “systematic torture” by the Afghan intelligence and the Afghan national police in detention centers. Little effort has been made to scrutinize the country’s security efforts for detainees, perhaps in part because of political pressure to reduce American involvement after a decade of war.
Also, read Ronald Neumann’s article on maintaining peaceful negotiations in “Why Negotiations with the Taliban Aren’t Hopeless.”
Courtesy of the New York Times.
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