"This is the second Guantanamo": the Taliban accused the United States of violating the Geneva Convention in the Bagram prison
Qatar Information Service Al-Jazeera is publishing a story about the testimonies of former inmates at Bagram Prison. A large prison was located not far from the military base. The inmates of this prison were released by representatives of the Taliban terrorist group (* banned in the Russian Federation) after gaining control over Kabul.
One of the former prisoners (his name is called - Khajimumin Hamza) says that the American military and local guards used the torture system. According to Hamza, who is quoted by Al-Jazeera, various means and measures of influence were used against the prisoners: electric shockers, beating with feet, etc.
Bagram prison in Afghanistan is called the "second Guantanamo". It has operated for over 19 years. Initially, it was assumed that the prison would be a temporary detention center. However, the "temporary" detention for thousands of prisoners sometimes turned out to be calculated for years.
As of August 2021, more than 5 thousand people were held in the Bagram prison, although when it was opened, they announced the calculation for a maximum of 1,5 thousand.
The Taliban *, who have organized a tour of the prison premises for Qatari journalists, point to the presence of the text of the Geneva Convention on one of the walls. The convention specifically prohibits ill-treatment and torture. And then the room is shown in which this torture was used by the Americans and local guards. In this regard, the Taliban, using the testimony of prisoners in the Bagram prison, accuses the United States of violating the Geneva Convention.
A former inmate says that they were tortured by hanging them by their legs from a hook on the ceiling of the cell, pouring ice water over them, and using tear gas. There was also a system of punishment cells - individual prisoners without trial and investigation spent months on end in cells with an area of about 3 square meters - without light or, conversely, with a brightly turned on lamp.
Hamza:
Torture in the form of sexual violence also took place. They did everything to break the will of people - whether they were criminals or not.
From the material "Al-Jazeera":
In the United States, the existence of the "second Guantanamo" or the so-called "Black Prison" of Bagram was initially denied. However, there is evidence of prisoners in this prison. There are many of them. They say that none of those who were able to get out of there returned to normal life without mental disabilities.
One gets the impression that the Taliban are trying to get an answer from the international community to the question of who the bigger terrorist was - they or the Americans ...
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