KABUL showed encouraging reduction in the number of cases of torture since 2016, according to a statement on Wednesday.
The report, however, noticed concern at the high number of detainees who continued to report torture and ill-treatment, the UN statement said.
The joint report by the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and the UN Human Rights Office, issued on the first anniversary of Afghanistan’s accession to the Convention against Torture’s Optional Protocol, found that nearly a third of conflict-related detainees interviewed . . .
