Afghanistan: Prison Probe Should Address Longstanding Abuses --- Inquiry Should Focus on Torture, Abuse of Women, Procedural Lapses --- (Kabul) – A new Afghan government committee investigating prison conditions should focus on meaningful reforms to end torture and other pervasive abuses, Human Rights Watch said today. --- “President Karzai’s new committee could be an important step for addressing the horrific abuses in Afghanistan’s prisons,” said Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch. “But the committee will need not only to shine the light on the abuses going on behind Afghanistan’s prison doors but to come up with ways to fix the system.” - Human Rights Watch