Prisoner torture out of Canada's hands
No one should be surprised at reports that at least some captured Taliban fighters have been tortured in Afghanistan. This is, after all, a country that barely is functioning. Was every single detainee handed over by Canadian soldiers to Afghan authorities in 2006-07 tortured, as alleged by former diplomat Richard Colvin? We'll never know. Even a public inquiry, as demanded by the Liberals and the NDP, wouldn't be able to ascertain how every captured Taliban insurgent was treated by either Afghan prison officials or that country's infamous National Directorate of Security. It's great that Corrections Canada officials regularly monitor prisons...
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