Joshua Partlow

Recent stories written by Joshua Partlow

Afghan teens allege U.S. abuse (11/28/2009)

KABUL, Afghanistan – Two Afghan teenagers held in U.S. detention north of Kabul this year said they were beaten by American guards, photographed naked, deprived of sleep and held in solitary confinement in concrete cells for at least two weeks while undergoing daily interrogation about their alleged links to the Taliban.

Afghan ministers investigated (11/24/2009)

KABUL – Afghanistan's attorney general said Monday that his office is investigating five current and former Cabinet ministers on allegations including embezzlement and fraud, a sign of growing momentum within the Afghan government to address the widespread corruption that has hobbled President Hamid Karzai's administration.

Top Afghan accused of graft (11/18/2009)

KABUL – The Afghan minister of mines accepted a roughly $30 million bribe to award the country's largest development project to a Chinese mining firm, according to a U.S. official who is familiar with military intelligence reports.