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March 19, 2012

Rights Groups Accuse U.S. of Sending Prisoners to Afghan Facility Despite Reports of Torture 
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In news from Afghanistan, a pair of human rights groups have accused the
United States of recently sending at least 11 prisoners to an Afghan
prison in Kandahar, despite torture allegations at the facility. In
October, the United Nations said prisoners were systematically tortured
during interrogations at the prison.



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