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Drone_pilot
24-08-05, 17:20
A soldier from a US military intelligence unit has been sentenced to two months in prison for abusing an Afghan detainee who later died.

It is the first custodial sentence given to any US soldier convicted of abuse in Afghanistan since 2001.

A US-based human rights group has condemned the sentence as too lenient.

BBC Read More (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4180692.stm)