Conversation so far:
Where did Khalid El-Masri's torture occur?
Khalid El-Masri was flown to Afghanistan, where he was held at a black site and routinely interrogated, beaten, strip-searched, and sodomized.
Who was in charge of Khalid El-Masri's torture?
Khalid El-Masri was under CIA custody while being tortured.
What group was being tortured by the CIA?

Question: was there a war going on?
Self-contained rewrite: Was there a war going on during the time of Khalid El-Masri's torture?