US military keeps Afghan detainees thirsty for days: Afghan daily

While complaints against the US army over the detainees abuse is on rise, an Afghan daily revealed new mistreatment of detainees at US army detention centers in Afghanistan Monday.

"The detainees are kept thirsty for several days at US army holding facilities in Afghanistan," Arman-e-Millie reported in its latest issue.

The report published on front page quoted a former US army interpreter as saying that a detainee was dying but he was denied water for four days.

"Another detainee was denied water for two days but the prosecutor emptied water bottle on the ground instead of giving to him," the daily added quoting the interpreter

However, the newspaper did not disclose the name of the interpreter.

Over 400 Afghans, according to Afghan sources have been held in some 23 US military holding facilities in Afghanistan on charge of having links with Taliban and al-Qaida networks.

Afghan sources in the past also accused the US military of abusing detainees at their detention centers.

At least two Afghans, according to media reports, have died at US military custody in Bagram 50km north of Kabul since 2002.

The report, which caused outrage among Afghans, has angered President Hamid Karzai and prompted him to ask US government for investigation into the case last month.

US army begun a top to bottom review of detainees conditions and investigation into the alleged detainees abuse at its detention center in Afghanistan last year but the result has yet to be made public.

Source: Xinhua