Reports of torture at Afghan US bases

GENEVA: The United Nations reported on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) that it had uncovered two credible accounts of torture at US military facilities in Afghanistan in recent years during an investigation into the treatment of detainees.

The report, which was devoted primarily to mistreatment of prisoners held in Afghan custody, said the “credible and reliable” accounts came from two detainees who had been held “in a US facility in Maydan Wardak,” a province whose capital of Maidan Shar lies about 20 miles west of Kabul, and “a US special forces facility at Baghlan,” a province that lies north of the Afghan capital.