http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SP164374.htmCOLOMBO, May 14 (Reuters) - The United States, investigating charges of detainee abuse by its soldiers in Afghanistan, has promised to bring the guilty to justice but gave no timeframe for the completion of the probe.
"I know that the allegations remain and I think they are still being investigated, but, just as allegations elsewhere, they will be pursued to the logical conclusion," Christina Rocca, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs, told reporters when asked to comment on detainee abuse in Afghanistan.
She was speaking in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo, where she is on a two-day visit.
The U.S. military, facing a backlash across the Arab world for its treatment of Iraqi prisoners, announced on Wednesday that it had launched an investigation into a complaint of detainee abuse in Afghanistan.
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