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December 10, 2012

Report: U.S. Military Has Detained More Than 200 Afghan Youths 
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In news from Afghanistan, the U.S. military has detained more than 200
teenagers at a prison near the Bagram Airfield, accusing them of being
"enemy combatants." The U.S. report submitted to the United Nations says
young people, most of them about 16, have been detained for average
stays of a year in order to "prevent a combatant from returning to the
battlefield." Some critics say the alleged combatants are as young as 11
or 12 years old. When the last report was submitted in 2008, just 10
young people were being held at the prison. Under the George W. Bush
administration, thousands of young people were detained, almost all of
them in Iraq.

 

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