Hi °C | Lo °C AFGHAN president Hamid Karzai has ordered US special forces to leave a province of Afghanistan within two weeks, amid allegations that locals working on behalf of the foreign troops have committed acts of torture.
According to a statement posted on the president's website, a national security meeting found that "it became clear that armed individuals named as US special forces stationed in Wardak province engage in torturing and even murdering innocent people".
A US special forces spokesman said it could not comment "until we have had a chance to speak with senior government officials".
Irish Independent
