The Taliban released a French woman aid worker abducted three weeks ago, but said today a French man and three Afghan colleagues would not be freed until French troops leave Afghanistan.

Britain and the US stand accused of a shocking catalogue of human rights abuses today by three Britons who were held at Guantanamo Bay.

Three Britons who were held at Guantanamo Bay for more than two years have accused the US and Britain of a shocking catalogue of abuses in a report due out later today.

Two British men released from the US prison camp at Guantanamo Bay say interrogators forced prisoners to strip, chained them to a floor for hours and used deafening music and dogs to extract confessions.

The families and friends of three British citizens detained in Afghanistan by US authorities tonight spoke of their shock amid fears that the men were recruited to fight a holy war by an extremist Muslim group.