Kabul inquiry finds evidence of prison torture

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An official investigation into torture in Afghan prisons has found widespread abuse, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Sunday, following a UN report into the problem. “According to the report of the commission of inquiry, half of the prisoners interviewed complained of mistreatment, harassment and even torture during their detention,” the president’s office said in a statement. Karzai ordered the probe after the United Nations issued a damning report in January citing evidence of frequent abuse in the country’s prison system. The report revealed that 326 of 635 prisoners interviewed across the country said they had been abused, including 80 minors. Fourteen types of torture were described in the UN report, including beatings with cables and pipes, attacks on the genitals, threats of execution or rape, electric shocks and forced stress positions.

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