Afghanistan's colossal intelligence failure - Candace Rondeaux, Foreign Policy

Close observers of Afghanistan are not likely to be surprised by recent allegations contained in a United Nations report that the Afghan National Security Directorate, the CIA's leading counterterrorism partner in South Asia, used whips and electric shocks to squeeze confessions out of suspected insurgent detainees. - Afghanistan's colossal intelligence failure
America's non-committal relationship with Afghanistan - Candace Rondeaux