U.S. military probes Afghan detainee abuse report

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

U.S. military probes Afghan detainee abuse report

1 hour, 53 minutes ago

KABUL (Reuters) - The U.S. military in Afghanistan has began
an investigation into a report that says U.S. and Afghan
soldiers were involved in abusing a suspect, the military said.

The U.S. soldier in question has been temporarily removed
from his post pending an investigation, it said in a statement.

Wolfgang Bauer, a correspondent with the German magazine
Focus, reported this month that along with a magazine
photographer he witnessed an incident by U.S. and Afghan
soldiers he believed amounted to torture.

Focus reported that during a search of a village for Taliban
fighters, a patrol apprehended a suspect in a house in Ghazni,
southwest of Kabul.

When the suspect refused to talk, the magazine said, an
Afghan platoon leader tied one end of a rope to the suspect's
foot and the other to a vehicle and then threatened to drag
the man unless he told the truth.

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[Eugene]

1. CORRECTION: NATO-led force to probe Afghan detainee abuse report

Source: Reuters

CORRECTION: NATO-led force to probe Afghan detainee abuse report

29 minutes ago

(Following official correction to original U.S. military statement,
this repeats to change headline and first paragraph to make clear
that ISAF, not U.S. military, is conducting probe)

KABUL (Reuters) - The NATO-led International Security Assistance
Force for Afghanistan (ISAF) has began an investigation into a report
that says U.S. and Afghan soldiers were involved in abusing a suspect,
the military said.

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Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070625/pl_nm/afghan_detainee_corrected_dc