BBC News - Nato halts Afghan prison transfer, Sep 06, 2011

Nato halts Afghan prison transfer

Nato suspends prisoner transfers to several Afghan jails following allegations of widespread and systematic torture in a UN report, the BBC learns.

• Dysfunctional Afghan security
• UK Taliban transfers 'to remain'
• Taliban reveal daring escape
• Inside notorious Afghan prison

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Gaddafi loyalists flee to Niger

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• Where could Gaddafi be hiding?
• Questions over Libya-UK ties

Three die in shooting at US diner

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• Texas wildfires torch 1,000 homes

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• Afghans address self-immolation

• Greek court clears crash athletes

• Sydney police end hostage drama

• James Murdoch 'told of hacking email'

• Turkey vows new Israel sanctions

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