UST Funded Afghan General accused of torture,"suffocation, electric shocks, pumping water into

[enhanced_deficit]

US taxpayers funded Afghan general accused of horrific torture of detainees:

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Fri May 12, 2017

U.N. torture committee wants Afghan general prosecuted

By Tom Miles | GENEVA

The police chief of Afghanistan's Kandahar province, General Abdul Raziq, should be prosecuted over allegations of torture and enforced disappearances, the U.N. Committee against Torture said on Friday.
The committee said it was deeply concerned at numerous reports brought to its attention about the situation in Kandahar, including the use of torture methods such as suffocation, crushing the testicles, pumping water into the stomach and administering electric shocks.

A U.N. report last month said torture and mistreatment of detainees by Afghan security forces was as widespread as ever, despite promises by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and new laws enacted by the government.
The International Criminal Court in The Hague is conducting a separate review of torture in Afghanistan.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-un-idUSKBN1881QR




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[enhanced_deficit]

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[phill4paul]

US taxpayers funded Afghan general accused of horrific torture of detainees:

Glad I don't have this on my conscience.

[enhanced_deficit]

Ok, unfortunately 100s of millions of taxpayers cannot sleep at night knowing that their tax dollars could be financing torture of humans.

[enhanced_deficit]

US taxpayers funded Afghan general accused of horrific torture of detainees:

https://static.dvidshub.net/media/thumbs/photos/1311/1054130/1000w_q75.jpg


Fri May 12, 2017
U.N. torture committee wants Afghan general prosecuted

The committee said it was deeply concerned at numerous reports brought to its attention about the situation in Kandahar, including the use of torture methods such as suffocation, crushing the testicles, pumping water into the stomach and administering electric shocks.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-un-idUSKBN1881QR




Speaking of some current generals:


Trump says he wants to listen to low-ranking soldiers instead of 'lousy' advice from generals for Afghan war strategy



Christopher Woody
Aug. 2, 2017, 7:42 PM






President Donald Trump at the White House. AP Photo/Evan Vucci

During a tense mid-July meeting with his national-security team, President Donald Trump dismissed the counsel of high-ranking military commanders, saying he leaned toward the advice of rank-and-file soldiers over that of his generals.
According to an NBC News report (http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-says-u-s-losing-afghan-war-tense-meeting-generals-n789006), Trump singled out Defense Secretary James Mattis, a retired Marine general, saying he had given Mattis authority to make decisions about the war months prior but had seen little progress.
Trump delegated authority to Mattis to set troop levels in Afghanistan in June, though the secretary would need (http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-apparently-didnt-give-mattis-control-afghan-troop-levels-2017-7) White House permission to send more than 3,900 troops to the war-torn country.
"We aren't winning," Trump said (http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-says-u-s-losing-afghan-war-tense-meeting-generals-n789006) at the July 19 meeting, senior administration officials told NBC. "We are losing." (Mattis himself told (http://www.businessinsider.com/mattis-us-not-winning-longest-war-in-afghanistan-photos-2017-6) the Senate Armed Services Committee the same in July.)
One official told NBC that Trump's military advisers entered the meeting hoping he would agree to a strategy for the US's nearly 16-year-old war. But Trump's thinking appeared to have been influenced by another meeting he had with veterans from the war.
"We've been there for now close to 17 years, and I want to find out why we’ve been there for 17 years, how it’s going, and what we should do in terms of additional ideas,” Trump (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jul/18/donald-trump-hosts-afghanistan-veterans-deployment/) said (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jul/18/donald-trump-hosts-afghanistan-veterans-deployment/) prior to the meeting with veterans. "I've heard plenty of ideas from a lot of people, but I want to hear it from the people on the ground."

http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-soldier-advice-better-than-advice-from-generals-for-afghan-war-2017-8





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