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Kandahar, Afghanistan – Leaders in the Canadian military have announced that the transfer of prisoner detainees from Canadian hands into Afghanistan custody has resumed. Lieutenant Colonel Grant Dane spoke to reporters on Friday, announcing the resumption of prisoner transfer.

“We are being careful and using extreme discretion for each and every transfer, “ said Lieutenant Colonel Dane. Government and Military officials in Afghanistan and also at home in Canada have both been given assurances that the prisoner transfer process is under extreme levels of supervision.

The Nation of Canada stopped transferring prisoners to Afghanistan custody in November of 2008 amid accusations of prisoner mistreatment and abuse. Since that time several Afghanistan officials have been investigated, and at least one high level Afghan official was arrested in conjunction with the clean up.

Sources in Kandahar say that any incidents of abuse have been cleaned up and eliminated, and that conditions are now much improved. More than two dozen separate visits have been conducted since the abuse allegations came to light. There have been over $1.5 million dollars worth of prisoner facility improvements made.

Additional training in record keeping and human rights have been given to Afghanistan officials, and Canadian officials feel confident that there will be no more abuse type incidents.