KABUL -- NATO officials in Afghanistan stopped transferring detainees to Afghan custody in several provinces this week in response to a U.N. investigation that found evidence of systematic torture at some detention centers, the military command said Tuesday night. The findings of a report on detainee abuse, which the U.N. mission here intends to make public in coming days, will probably embolden insurgent groups, which have sought to portray Afghan officials as lackeys of Western crusaders. It goes without saying that the Taliban, not being lackeys and running dogs for the infidels and apostates, will be far, far better at extortion, torture and murder than other Afghans who lack devotion to REAL Islam.
Oh, I don't know, torture in that region of the world seems to run deep in the several cultures. I don't want our detainees tortured (putting panties on their heads is not torture, pulling out fingernails is), and if we can't trust our Afghan 'allies', then we'll have to keep the detainees.