Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan captured children suspected of working with the Taliban and turned them over to an Afghan security unit known to have abused prisoners, according to a Nov. 28 report.
Defense Department documents state that since 2006, Canadian troops have transferred captured children to a special wing in Kandahar’s Sarpoza prison, which is run by the Afghan National Directorate of Security.
A Canadian diplomat said last year that he sent reports of NDS abusing prisoners in 2006.
A briefing document sent to Defense Minister Peter MacKay said that the Afghan authorities are now sending child detainees to a different juvenile rehabilitation center. The document also said that children had been in Canadian Forces custody for a “significant period” of time, but the exact amount was removed.
This comes as no surprise. Canada is a known imperialist ally of the United States, and this shows that all imperialist countries have the same barbaric agenda.
