Won't torture prisoners, Afghans promise Canada

[sabra]

Source: THE CANADIAN PRESS

VILNIUS, Lithuania – Canada was assured by a senior member of Afghan President Hamid Karzai's government on Friday that the handover of Taliban prisoners in Kandahar can resume without the fear of torture.

The pledge came from Defence Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak, who was attending a two-day informal meeting of NATO defence chiefs.

"All the necessary actions which were required have been taken by the Afghan government," he told reporters as the meeting broke up.

"So I think they can resume without being worried."

The transfers were halted Nov. 6, one day after Canadian diplomats came across a clear case of abuse in the jails of the National Directorate for Security – the NDS – in Kandahar. A prisoner showed signs of being beaten with an electrical cable and a rubber hose.

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[predfan]

1. As opposed to the Bush Administration, who've given up

our moral highground. Thanks.

[LynnTheDem]

2. Just don't hand them over to America.

America does torture prisoners, admits the US government.

[TrogL]

3. that's what they said LAST time

[Spazito]

4. Translation...

"We promise to cover up our torture tools better from now on."