Afghan Death Squads in the Service of Occupation Troops

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Afghanistan - 26.5.2008
Afghanistan’s Dirty War
Afghan Death Squads in the Service of Occupation Troops

Australian Philip Alston, United Nations special envoy for summary, arbitrary, and extrajudicial executions, has completed his investigation in Afghanistan and denounced the use of “death squads” composed of “irregular Afghan militias” by foreign occupying forces to fight a dirty war against Taliban guerrillas. “I’ve gathered numerous accounts of violent raids against alleged insurgents conducted by heavily armed Afghan militias taking orders from foreign military,” Alston said in Kabul.

“These actions often end in execution of the suspects without any army or institution taking responsibility. These secret units, known as Campaign Forces, are placed under a regular chain of command, but they operate outside the law and with utter impunity. The situation is absolutely unacceptable”. The UN special envoy explained that these militias are operating in all of the country’s “hot” zones from Helmand and Kandahar province in the south to Nangarhar province in the east.