Taliban tortures two kidnapped Afghan soldiers to death

Taliban extremists brutally tortured two abducted Afghan soldiers to death in southern Afghanistan, and even called one of the soldiers' comrades to show him the thrilling torture process, coalition forces said Thursday.

"The U.S.-led coalition strongly condemns the act as a heinous crime," the forces said in a statement.

The two soldiers, an officer and a sergeant from the 203rd Corps of the Afghan National Army, were apparently kidnapped in Qara Bagh district of the southern Ghazni province on Monday, the statement said.

Using the officer's cell phone, the militants contacted a member of the 203rd Corps command, and then tortured the two men until their death while their fellow comrade listened.

The Taliban has demanded all Afghan soldiers leave the army as soon as possible, otherwise they would be killed once they are captured and even surrender.

"This was not an act of armed conflict, but an inexcusable crime by amoral men against fellow Afghans," condemned Paul Fitzpatrick, a coalition spokesman.

"They (the Taliban extremists) are indignant criminals who take inhuman pleasure in the destruction of human life," he added.

The soldiers' bodies were discovered Tuesday in the Crirgia Ghala Valley in the province and will be returned to their families for internment.
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