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| Subject: CIA-Backed Afghan Forces Committed Atrocities, Human Rights Group Says Thu Oct 31, 2019 8:28 pm | |
| Late at night, heavily armed CIA-backed Afghan paramilitary forces will land in a village to carry out a raid in Taliban-controlled areas looking for militants. They'll bomb their way through the walls of a compound, then separate whoever they find into groups of women and young children, and men and boys. They'll question the men, and detain some of them. Others will be shot execution-style.
These are the accusations of a Human Rights Watch report released on Thursday about paramilitary forces pursuing the Taliban, al-Qaeda or ISIS. It says the paramilitary forces have "unlawfully targeted civilians because of mistaken identity, poor intelligence, or political rivalries in the locality." Some of the civilians were reportedly targeted because they provided food to the Taliban, even if it was under duress.
The report identifies five CIA-backed "strike forces" that it says "operate outside the normal chain of command of Afghan security forces." The U.S. military provides logistical and air support to these forces, according to the rights group.
https://www.npr.org/2019/10/31/775044361/cia-backed-afghan-forces-committed-atrocities-human-rights-group-says
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