US military destroyed my soul: Afghan reporter

Says he wants justice after he was tortured for 11 months

An Afghan journalist held for nearly a year in Afghanistan said Tuesday he would stop at nothing to get justice to compensate for the "hell" he went through at the torturing hands of the U.S. military.

Jawed Ahmad, a 22-year-old reporter who worked for Canadian TV (CTV), was detained Oct. 26, 2007, at a NATO base near the southern city of Kandahar. He was initially labeled by the U.S. military as "an unlawful enemy combatant" but was released 11 months later without charge.

Ahmad was accused of having contact with Taliban leaders, including possessing their telephone numbers and video footage of them.

"I want justice. I'll knock the doors of (U.S.) Congress, I'll go to (U.S. President George W.) Bush, I'll go to (Democratic presidential hopeful) Obama, to everywhere and everyone until I get justice," Ahmad said.

"I was tortured and jailed for 11 months and 20 days for doing nothing,"

"They have destroyed my future, my soul. I'll fight until they apologize to me and give me back what I have lost," he said in Kabul...