New report lifts lid on torture in Afghan prisons The report, "Torture, Transfers and Denial of Due Process," also found "credible evidence" that some detainees transferred to Afghan authorities by international forces had been tortured. "Ten cases were documented of individuals detained by US forces between May 2010 and January 2012, and then transferred to NDS facilities where they alleged they were subsequently tortured," the report said. Last October, a UN report accused the Afghan security forces of systematically torturing detainees, including children, in detention centres. After that, the Commission said Nato's US-led mission suspended all detainee transfers to facilities of concern, initiated a regime to address problems and proposed an ambitious monitoring programme. But it said the monitoring system may not be sufficient and that the United States had failed to implement a monitoring procedure for detainees arrested by US troops, such as special forces, who operate outside the Nato mission. US-led foreign combat troops are scheduled to withdraw from Afghanistan and transfer responsibility for national security to Afghans by the end of 2014. As part of that transition process, the United States earlier this month signed a deal set to transfer authority for a controversial US-run prison at Bagram airbase to Afghans within six months. "Urgent action is required, and the Afghan government, with the support of its international partners, must take immediate, effective steps to address mistreatment and torture of conflict-related detainees," the report said.