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| Afghan Leader Expresses Shock at Torture Revelations | |
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| KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan’s president said Wednesday that he was astounded by the new revelations of Central Intelligence Agency torture in his country and elsewhere, adding his name to the global reaction of shock, anger and cynicism that had swelled over the past 24 hours. | KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan’s president said Wednesday that he was astounded by the new revelations of Central Intelligence Agency torture in his country and elsewhere, adding his name to the global reaction of shock, anger and cynicism that had swelled over the past 24 hours. |
| At a news conference in Kabul, the president, Ashraf Ghani, said he had received the Senate report late Tuesday describing the abuses and had stayed up all night reading it. He said he was seeking more information on precisely how many Afghans had been victims. | At a news conference in Kabul, the president, Ashraf Ghani, said he had received the Senate report late Tuesday describing the abuses and had stayed up all night reading it. He said he was seeking more information on precisely how many Afghans had been victims. |
| “The report shows that the principles of human rights, as well as the Constitution of the United States and universally accepted ethics, had been violated by the C.I.A. and its contractors,” Mr. Ghani said. | “The report shows that the principles of human rights, as well as the Constitution of the United States and universally accepted ethics, had been violated by the C.I.A. and its contractors,” Mr. Ghani said. |
| “This report,” he said, “shows that our fellow countrymen have unfortunately been tortured and had their rights violated.” Some of them, he said, “were proven to be entirely innocent.” | “This report,” he said, “shows that our fellow countrymen have unfortunately been tortured and had their rights violated.” Some of them, he said, “were proven to be entirely innocent.” |
| Mr. Ghani emphasized that the abuses detailed in the report were from an earlier era. And he said he wanted “the entire nation to know” that the recent security agreement between the Afghan government and the United States did not permit Americans to maintain prisons or make arrests in Afghanistan. | Mr. Ghani emphasized that the abuses detailed in the report were from an earlier era. And he said he wanted “the entire nation to know” that the recent security agreement between the Afghan government and the United States did not permit Americans to maintain prisons or make arrests in Afghanistan. |
| “We are entering an era of national sovereignty where we will be the only legitimate authority and no one else,” he said. | “We are entering an era of national sovereignty where we will be the only legitimate authority and no one else,” he said. |
| World outrage about the report, a Senate panel’s scathing critique of the Central Intelligence Agency techniques used to interrogate terrorism suspects after the Sept. 11 attacks, took on a new element on Wednesday: praise for the United States government’s honesty in disclosing wrongdoing. | World outrage about the report, a Senate panel’s scathing critique of the Central Intelligence Agency techniques used to interrogate terrorism suspects after the Sept. 11 attacks, took on a new element on Wednesday: praise for the United States government’s honesty in disclosing wrongdoing. |
| The new United Nations high commissioner for human rights, Prince Zeid Ra’ad Zeid al-Hussein, welcomed the release of the report. “Few countries will admit that their state apparatus has been practicing torture, and many continue shamelessly to deny it,” he said in a statement. | The new United Nations high commissioner for human rights, Prince Zeid Ra’ad Zeid al-Hussein, welcomed the release of the report. “Few countries will admit that their state apparatus has been practicing torture, and many continue shamelessly to deny it,” he said in a statement. |
| Mr. Hussein also cited the Convention Against Torture, reinforcing a view that C.I.A. torturers and their superiors must be held accountable. | Mr. Hussein also cited the Convention Against Torture, reinforcing a view that C.I.A. torturers and their superiors must be held accountable. |
| “The convention lets no one off the hook — neither the torturers themselves, nor the policy-makers, nor the public officials who define the policy or give the orders,” he said. | “The convention lets no one off the hook — neither the torturers themselves, nor the policy-makers, nor the public officials who define the policy or give the orders,” he said. |
| There was a conspicuous absence of reaction to the news from Syria, where the state news agency ignored it entirely. But the Syrian government’s regional ally, Iran, was heavily critical, with its supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, leading the denunciations. “Today, US govt. is symbol of tyranny against humanity,” the ayatollah wrote on Twitter. | There was a conspicuous absence of reaction to the news from Syria, where the state news agency ignored it entirely. But the Syrian government’s regional ally, Iran, was heavily critical, with its supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, leading the denunciations. “Today, US govt. is symbol of tyranny against humanity,” the ayatollah wrote on Twitter. |
| In Egypt, Americans were warned by their embassy to be alert to possible anti-American hostility. In Lebanon, social media and Arabic-language newspapers directed their anger toward the Arab countries that are allies of the United States, like Saudi Arabia and Jordan. A Facebook posting by an editor of The Monitor newspaper asked which Arab government would be the first to issue reports of abuses by its own security forces. | In Egypt, Americans were warned by their embassy to be alert to possible anti-American hostility. In Lebanon, social media and Arabic-language newspapers directed their anger toward the Arab countries that are allies of the United States, like Saudi Arabia and Jordan. A Facebook posting by an editor of The Monitor newspaper asked which Arab government would be the first to issue reports of abuses by its own security forces. |
| Poland’s former president, Aleksander Kwasniewski, who led the country from 1995 to 2005 and was a close American ally, broke with years of denial and acknowledged that he had permitted the C.I.A. to operate a clandestine interrogation center in Poland. | Poland’s former president, Aleksander Kwasniewski, who led the country from 1995 to 2005 and was a close American ally, broke with years of denial and acknowledged that he had permitted the C.I.A. to operate a clandestine interrogation center in Poland. |
| He said at a news conference at the Polish Parliament that American intelligence agents had been allowed use of a site to question “people who had expressed willingness to cooperate with the Americans.” He said he had not been aware of what, precisely, had taken place inside the site. | He said at a news conference at the Polish Parliament that American intelligence agents had been allowed use of a site to question “people who had expressed willingness to cooperate with the Americans.” He said he had not been aware of what, precisely, had taken place inside the site. |
| “Intelligence usually works in a discretionary manner and, unfortunately, often balancing on the border of law,” Mr. Kwasniewski said. “However, the goal of that was not the torture in itself. The goal was to obtain information that would allow us to prevent things from happening.” | “Intelligence usually works in a discretionary manner and, unfortunately, often balancing on the border of law,” Mr. Kwasniewski said. “However, the goal of that was not the torture in itself. The goal was to obtain information that would allow us to prevent things from happening.” |
| The outrage expressed by militant jihadists to the disclosures and their threats to retaliate included a proposal to use some of the same torture techniques — waterboarding, sleep deprivation, electric shocks — on American and Western captives held by the Islamic State, the extremist group in Syria and Iraq. | The outrage expressed by militant jihadists to the disclosures and their threats to retaliate included a proposal to use some of the same torture techniques — waterboarding, sleep deprivation, electric shocks — on American and Western captives held by the Islamic State, the extremist group in Syria and Iraq. |
| The SITE Intelligence Group of Bethesda, Md., which monitors the Internet traffic of the Islamic State and other militant groups, said the proposal had been posted on the Al-Minbar Jihadi Media forum, which is sympathetic to the Islamic State. | The SITE Intelligence Group of Bethesda, Md., which monitors the Internet traffic of the Islamic State and other militant groups, said the proposal had been posted on the Al-Minbar Jihadi Media forum, which is sympathetic to the Islamic State. |
| “If these cases were applied and broadcast to the world,” according to the SITE translation of the proposal, “then the world will give the right to Muslims to do everything against those insane Americans, the beasts of the 21st century.” | “If these cases were applied and broadcast to the world,” according to the SITE translation of the proposal, “then the world will give the right to Muslims to do everything against those insane Americans, the beasts of the 21st century.” |