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August 12, 2014

Amnesty: U.S. Military Failed to Punish War Crimes by Troops in Afghanistan 
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A new report accuses the U.S. military of failing to investigate or
punish its soldiers for apparent war crimes in Afghanistan. The report
by Amnesty International examined cases involving more than 140 civilian
deaths, none of which resulted in prosecutions by the U.S. military. In
one case, a U.S. plane bombed women and girls collecting firewood,
killing seven of them. In another, a former prisoner described torture
and killings while he was held by U.S. Special Forces in Wardak
province. Amnesty International research director Nicola Duckworth said
Afghan families are left without information or recourse when their
loved ones are killed.

Nicola Duckworth: "The focus is on Afghan victims who have been left in
the dark, without information and without access to justice, and how the
deeply flawed U.S. military system is a fundamental part of the reason
why this is happening."

 

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