Post Exclusive: U.S. ignored warnings of abuse in Afghan detention centers, officials say

Sunday, October 30, 2011 1:14:42 PM POST EXCLUSIVE U.S. ignored warnings of abuse in Afghan detention centers, officials say Despite multiple warnings of abuse at detention centers, the U.S. continued to transfer detainees to Afghan intelligence service custody, Afghan and Western officials say. Even as other countries stopped handing over detainees to problematic facilities, the U.S. government did not, they said. At one such facility - Department 124 - one detainee told the United Nations so much torture took place inside, it has earned a different name: "People call it Hell." Read more at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/us-had-advance-warning-of-abuse-at-afghan-prisons-officials-say/2011/10/21/gIQA7Dg2VM_story.html Or visit washingtonpost.com. SEND TO A FRIEND UNSUBSCRIBE E-MAIL CENTER GET HELP Washington Post Digital E-mail Customer Care 1150 15th Street NW Washington, D.C. 20071 ©2011 The Washington Post Privacy Policy