Tuesday, September 22, 2009 KABUL: Afghanistan's overcrowded prison system has become a "sanctuary and base" from which militants can plan attacks on international forces, as well as a key recruiting ground for new fighters, according to a report by the top US commander in the country.Even detainees not previously linked with the Taliban or al-Qaida are at risk of being radicalised because a lack of personnel to interrogate them means many are kept at the Bagram air base facility for long periods without charge, said General Stanley McChrystal, who is in charge of US and Nato forces in the country.The message came in a four-page supplement to a main report by McChrystal, warning that more international troops and revamped military tactics were needed to avoid possible defeat in the country.Attacks apparently planned from inside prisons included the storming of a luxury hotel in Kabul in January 2008 in which seven people were killed, McChrystal said in his report, detail...
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