How prisoners are treated is, of course, but a small part of the Afghan mosaic Obama and his team are grappling with. But a more just, more professional, more transparent, more accountable detention system could send an important signal to those Afghans whose help we are going to need if we remain there.
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William Fisher has managed economic development programs in the Middle East and elsewhere for the US State Department and the US Agency for International Development. He served in the international affairs area in the Kennedy Administration and now (
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