A former US soldier jailed for running a private prison in Kabul and torturing Afghans has been freed,
officials say.
Jack Idema was pardoned by President Karzai in March as part of an amnesty.
A senior prisons official said Idema left jail in early June and flew out of the country. He served less than
three years of his original 10-year sentence.
Idema was jailed with two other US men, also since freed. He said his work was approved by the US and
Afghan governments, which denied the claim.
The Pentagon said he was a bounty hunter.
