Karzai Govt Confirms Widespread Torture in Afghan Prisons
By Jason Ditz, antiwar.com | February 11, 2013

… The new Afghan report focused on Kabul, interviewing 635 prisoners, over half of whom confirmed that they had been abused, threatened with rape or execution, and tortured in various other manners. …

The revelation is going to make it all the more difficult for NATO forces to hand over detainees to the Karzai government, since the Convention Against Torture formally bans transfers to nations where there is a substantial risk of torture. …