Afghan Court Holds First Appeal for U.S. Vigilantes
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Afghan judges held a preliminary appeal  hearing on Monday for three Americans sentenced to long jail  terms in September for illegally detaining and torturing  Afghans in a freelance war on terror.
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GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba - Four Guantanamo prisoners will be the first suspected terrorists arraigned in preliminary hearings this week before their cases go to military commissions, or trials, in an unprecedented judicial process that foreign governments, lawyers and human rights groups have criticized.    While the maximum sentence the men face is life in prison, the military commissions - the first in nearly 60 years since the United States tried German saboteurs - will have the power to sentence others to death, and there is no independent appeal process...
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The United States called on Taliban guerrillas to lay down their arms Thursday, saying Afghans had voted against violence and those who gave up their insurgency would not be punished unless they were guilty of major crimes.
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The Pentagon begins to formally notify some held at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, that they have the right to challenge their imprisonment in an American court.
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An Afghan court has found three Americans guilty of torturing Afghans in a private jail, a case that reverberates on the heels of the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal in Iraq.
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Military court proceedings for terror suspects are due to start at the US base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
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The trial of three Americans accused of torture and hostage-taking in Afghanistan is due to resume shortly in the capital, Kabul. Last week the US Federal Bureau of Investigation released material which could be used as evidence in the case.
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Three Americans charged with jailing, kidnapping and torturing prisoners in Afghanistan are to reappear in court after their trial was dramatically halted last week when the FBI returned seized evidence to Afghan authorities.
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ARGUMENTS: The Bush administration told the U.S. Court of Military Commission Review that discrepancies between the nation's new terrorism law and the way it is being carried out should not stall one of the Pentagon's first terror trials.
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The United States said on Friday it was troubled by the case of an Afghan journalist sentenced to death for blasphemy and that the U.S. ambassador in Kabul planned to raise the matter with Afghan authorities.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - Three Americans accused of torturing Afghans in a private jail were found guilty by a three-judge panel Wednesday after a trial denounced by the defense as failing to meet basic international standards of fairness.    Two of the men - accused ringleader Jonathan Idema and his right-hand man, Brent Bennett - were sentenced to 10 years in jail...
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For the first time, the U.S.  government has permitted a civilian lawyer to travel to  Guantanamo Bay to discuss with prisoners a legal challenge in  U.S. courts to their detention, the Pentagon said on Monday.
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An Afghan court sentenced three Americans to between eight and 10 years in prison for illegally running a private jail and torturing suspects in a &quot;private war on terror&quot;.
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The government asked a judge Thursday to delay a hearing in the case of a U.S. citizen captured in Afghanistan in 2001, saying an agreement to set the man free is imminent.
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History is being made in Afghanistan, as the country takes part in its first-ever presidential election. But while most Afghans are enthusiastic, the candidates challenging interim President Hamid Karzai claim
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Lawyers for three Americans charged with torturing suspects in a private jail during a freelance hunt for terrorists in Afghanistan appealed Wednesday to the US ambassador to help stop their trial.
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Three Americans and four of their Afghan helpers are scheduled to go on trial Monday for the alleged kidnapping of at least eight Afghans in Afghanistan.