U.S. criticizes Afghanistan's poor' human rights record - McClatchy

WASHINGTON -- The U.S.-backed government of Afghan President Hamid Karzai has a "poor" human rights record, tarnished by widespread impunity for security forces who commit abuses; violence against women; torture and extra-judicial killings, the State Department said in an annual report released Thursday. - US criticizes Afghanistan's poor' human rights record‎

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