If the Taliban came to your house in the night, fully armed, and demanded food, would you feed them? You may have no choice. This does not make you a combatant.
Posts Tagged “civilian casualties”
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Posted in: Asia, Governance & Accountability, United States
Topics: Afghanistan, civilian casualties, counterinsurgency, Erica Gaston, ISAF, NATO, night raids, Taliban, The Liaison Office, U.S. military
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President Hamid Karzai recently accused international forces of acting like occupiers, rather than allies, and implied that if they do not halt airstrikes on civilian homes, Afghans would respond with force.
Posted in: Asia, Governance & Accountability, Middle East, United States
Topics: Afghanistan, civilian casualties, Erica Gaston, Hamid Karzai, night raids, U.S. military
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The intervention in Libya, though rightly sanctioned and with just cause under the doctrine of responsibility to protect, was short on planning and long on hope.
Posted in: Europe, Governance & Accountability, Middle East, Rights & Justice
Topics: civilian casualties, Fatima Ayub, Gaddafi, Libya, Middle East, NATO, UN
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The U.S. government must be accountable for its drone strikes in Pakistan and killing of innocent civilians. Claiming that "These people weren't gathering for a bake sale," is not an appropriate response.
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The detention of journalists for trying to provide an independent voice on security incidents undermines Western governments' otherwise positive efforts to support free media in Afghanistan in the past 10 years.
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More "shock and awe" tactics may represent a "jump the shark" moment—the historic juncture demarcating the public’s acceptance that the U.S. war in Afghanistan is doomed to fail.
Posted in: Asia, Governance & Accountability, Middle East
Topics: Afghanistan, civilian casualties, General David Petraeus, Mike Amitay, U.S. military
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Many Afghans regard international forces as harming civilians, terrorizing local populations through night raids, and creating instability by bankrolling warlords and private militias.
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U.S.-supported paramilitary death squads who kill and abuse Afghan civilians with impunity give the Taliban a potent propaganda tool, and make it difficult to instill in Afghan officials the importance of accountability.
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The Taliban proposal for a committee on civilian harm is a nonstarter. But at least it recognizes Afghans' biggest issue.
Posted in: Asia, Governance & Accountability
Topics: Afghanistan, civilian casualties, Erica Gaston, Taliban, United Nations
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Though officials wax optimistic that the upcoming US and NATO offensive in Kandahar will turn the tide in Afghanistan, those I spoke to feared it would only lead to more civilian harm in a city already ravaged by years of conflict.
Posted in: Asia, Middle East, Rights & Justice, United States
Topics: Afghanistan, civilian casualties, Erica Gaston, NATO, video
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