Afghanistan

US and UK intelligence services have been building a database of DNA collected in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Resources

• External links
  • Embassy of the United States: DNA Testing is now conducted at U.S. Embassy Kabul
  • Royal Society of New Zealand: Blood from Afghan detainees could form DNA database (5th March 2002)
• Press articles
  • DVIDS: Forensic Experts in Afghanistan Help Turn Bomb Maker into Convict (10th December 2013)
  • The Mirror (UK): Troops on DNA patrol for bomb terrorists (20th July 2009)
  • FAS Project on Government Secrecy: Joint Intelligence DNA Database Described (18th November 2008)
  • Financial Times: Fears over covert DNA database (17th November 2008)
  • New York Times: A NATION CHALLENGED: CAPTIVES; U.S. Seeks DNA Of All Captives In Afghan War (3rd March 2002)