By Dave Goosselink
Journalist Jon Stephenson says 55 villagers were taken in an SAS-led raid in 2002.
The prisoners were then handed over to a US detention centre in Kandahar, where they were allegedly abused.
"When they made us walk naked in front of all those Americans" says Abdul Wahid, "I was praying to my God to let me die.
“If someone could have sold me a poisoned tablet for $100,000, I would have bought it," he says.
On TV3's The Nation this morning, Stephenson claimed there's been "collective amnesia" from both defence bosses and successive Governments.
“What I do know is that the Prime Minister John Key, the Defence Minister Wayne Mapp, and Lt General Jerry Mateparae - the former head of the Defence Force - have not been up front, have made statements to the public that are not supported by the evidence I have found in Afghanistan,” he says.
And Metro magazine editor Simon Wilson is making no apologies for publishing the investigation over Anzac weekend.
“The Government puts our soldiers in an appalling situation, where because of Government policy that they are required to engage in the way they are. They are required effectively to break human rights law and international law,” he says.
The Green Party's Keith Locke wants a fresh enquiry into the allegations, independent of the Defence Minister and Defence Force.
“We need an enquiry that looks at the facts, whether Jon's story is true. It appears to be true and if it is true that's very fairly damning. And secondly looks at the legal foundation of what the Defence Force is doing,” he says.
Defence Minister Wayne Mapp couldn't be contacted for his reaction to the calls for an inquiry today as he's en-route to Korea for the 60th commemorations of the Battle of Kapyong.
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