CounterPunch:

"'When the containers were finally opened, a mess of urine, blood, faeces, vomit and rotting flesh was all that remained ... As the containers were lined up outside the prison, a [U.S.] soldier accompanying the convoy was present when the prison commanders received orders to dispose of the evidence quickly. Newsweek's investigation into the Afghan atrocities ('The Death Convoy of Afghanistan,' 26 August 2002) stated that 'American forces were working intimately with 'allies' who committed what could well qualify as war crimes.'

Witnesses also stated '600 Taliban PoWs who survived the containers' shipment to the Shebarghan prison ... were taken to a spot in the desert and executed in the presence of about 30 to 40 U.S. special forces soldiers' (The Globe and Mail, 19 December 2002). Other U.S. soldiers are said to have involved themselves directly and enthusiastically in the 'dirty work' of prisoner torture and the disposal of corpses. 'The Americans did whatever they wanted,' stated one Afghan witness. 'We had no power to stop them. Everything was under the control of the American commander.'"