Obama orders investigation into Bush Administration

US President Obama has ordered national security officials to probe allegations that the Bush administration resisted efforts to investigate a CIA-backed Afghan warlord over the 2001 killings of Taliban prisoners.



Mr. Obama says the allegations were recently brought to his attention.



He says he’ll make a decision on how to approach the matter once the investigation is complete.



The inquiry stems from the deaths of at least 1,000 prisoners who had surrendered to the US supported Northern Alliance in late 2001.



The CNN reports that the fighters were in the custody of troops led by General Abdul Rashid Dostum, a prominent Afghan warlord who has served as chief of staff of the country\'s post-Taliban army.



Dostum is said to have sided with the Americans when the United States invaded Afghanistan after the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington.



The allegations against him first surfaced in a 2002 Newsweek report, which cited a confidential U.N. memo saying the fighters died in cramped container trucks while being transported to prison.