Lawyer fears abuse of U.S. detainees transferred to Afghan custody

(Reuters) - The final few inmates of U.S.-run prisons near Kabul, scenes of abuse highlighted by a U.S. Senate report this week, are now in an Afghan detention system with its own grisly record of torture, their lawyer said on Thursday.

But the government in Kabul vowed they would be safe and not mistreated.

Afghan security forces, including the army that runs the detention facility where the foreign inmates are believed to be held, regularly engage in torture of conflict-related detainees, several reports by the United Nations and rights groups say.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) said on Dec. 2 that common Afghan interrogation techniques included beatings, suspension by the wrists or ankles, electric shocks, twisting and wrenching of the genitals and burning with cigarettes.   Read More

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