Afghan report demands justice
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Afghanistan's human rights commission says those responsible for war crimes must be brought to justice.
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A Human Rights Watch report says that more than 1,000 civilians were killed in Afghanistan in 2006.
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Three Americans jailed for up to 10 years for torturing Afghans and running a private jail in Kabul begin their appeal.
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A media rights group is urging the U.S. military to charge an Afghan journalist held at the Bagram military prison with a crime or set him free.
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Opposition candidates in Afghanistan&#39;s presidential elections have called for a repeat because of irregularities. It&#39;s a demand that could seriously harm the country&#39;s budding democracy, according to DW&#39;s Karen Fischer.
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Criticism by Afghanistan could undermine domestic support for Britain's military and development efforts in the violence-scarred country, an influential body of MPs said Thursday.
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A U.S. military review tribunal heard the cases of two prisoners accused of links to the fallen Afghan Taliban regime and al-Qaida on Friday as it considered whether they are properly held as "enemy combatants" or should be freed.
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Afghanistan's top human rights official urged the country to confront the horrors of its past, saying Saturday that war crimes dating back more than 20 years should be prosecuted and rights abusers should be purged from public office.
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Air strikes by foreign forces in Afghanistan have recently killed more civilians than the Taliban and the U.S.-led operation should cut them back, an Afghan rights group said on Monday.
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WASHINGTON - The Asia Division of Human Rights Watch has sent a letter to US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld demanding accountability in Washington for crimes allegedly committed by US troops in Afghanistan.
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Amnesty International on Wednesday renewed its call for the United States to set up an independent investigation of the abuse of prisoners in Afghanistan, at Guantanamo Bay and at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.
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KABUL, Afghanistan  - Three Americans standing  trial in Afghanistan Monday for imprisoning and torturing  Afghans were given a week to provide evidence, which they say  was withheld by U.S. authorities, proving that they had  official clearance.
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The U.S.-trained Afghan police force is largely incapable of carrying out routine law enforcement, hobbled by an illiterate corps and "pervasive corruption," according to a new U.S. government report.
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An alleged courier for Afghanistan's ousted Taliban regime appeared before a U.S. military review tribunal Monday at Guantanamo Bay.
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A lawyer for one of three Americans jailed in Afghanistan for illegally running a private anti-terror campaign and secret jail has asked for a US Congressional probe to look into bringing the trio home.
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A human rights group says the United States needs to need act faster and more transparently in its investigation into the abuse of prisoners held by the US military in Afghanistan.
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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...