It recently became apparent that the Afghanistan Army had been torturing some of its detainees regardless of human rights laws. Interrogation methods included suspension, beatings, electric shock, stress positions and threatened sexual assault. The report pointed out that even though the abusive practices are deep-rooted, the Afghan government doesn’t condone torture and has clearly said the abuses found by the United Nations are not government policy. A representative for Afghanistan in the U.N. said that his nation wishes to reform these practices. The report overall raises broad ethical questions about the American funding of foreign security forces whose military and law enforcement officials regularly use torture. In the case of Afghanistan, there appears to have been little effort made to scrutinize the country’s security practices, especially for detainees. This is most likely because of political pressure to move as much responsibility as possible to the Afghans and to reduce American involvement.
Different nations use different tactics in everyday situations such as punishment, law making, and even child rearing. In this case, the Afghani armed forces are being scrutinized for their torture methods that to most other countries seem inhumane. This quarrel may appear to affect merely America ad Afghanistan, but in reality it has possible unseen and wide spread effects. The fact that America hasn’t yet spoken about the obvious mistreatment happening in Afghani says a lot about this nation and also brings to light the misguided moral compass of modern societies today. If a country was benefiting from another country, wouldn’t they want to do everything they could to keep the benefits coming as well as not be blamed for either’s misdeeds? The harsh truth is that these beating and torture tactics go on in many other places besides Afghanistan, but hopefully this country’s word to reform will be enough to point America and their own moral compass in the right direction.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/11/world/asia/un-report-finds-routine-abuse-of-afghan-detainees.html?ref=world
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The Afghan Army has been known for their brutality against captive prisoners and they have little respect for human rights. I feel that torture by any country is inhumane and it does need to be stopped. I'm wondering myself on why the American government hasn't really spoken out about this horrific treatment also. It really does make us wonder why society has made a change for the worse.
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