"Questions About CIA Trained Afghan Forces Implicated..." Topic

… In Civilian Killings Are Being Raised.

"A series of home raids by C.I.A.-trained Afghan counterterrorism forces in the last month resulted in the deaths of at least six innocent civilians, according to Afghan government officials, reviving an issue that has been a chronic source of tension between Afghanistan and the United States.

The deaths happened over the course of three raids in the restive eastern province of Khost, the officials said, including a Nov. 20 episode in which a husband and wife were killed with two American advisers present. The raids were conducted by the Khost Protection Force, one of the regional units known as counterterrorism pursuit teams, set up by the C.I.A. to fight the Taliban, the Haqqani network and Al Qaeda.

The C.I.A. has trained thousands of Afghan forces for such missions — around 3,500 in the Khost Protection Force alone. But from the start, some senior Afghan officials have considered them a problem, accused of human rights abuses and seen as largely unaccountable…"

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Armand

It has happened previously in other conflicts. We train them for combat ops, then they kill civilians … sometime purposely. That was NOT part of the training.

Of course, in COIN, insurgencies, etc., since the enemy does not wear a real uniform, hides among the populous, may even be part of the locals … mistakes like that could/will happen. And in this case with the CIA advisors being present, I'm pretty sure they didn't squeeze the trigger or tell some one to shoot those non-combatants … Bad things happen in firefights …

Yep, they could be playing a double game to make us and the current government/military look bad.

Wouldn't be the first time in history.

Agree!.

Amicalement
Armand