Posted by Erica G from Kabul
In the two months since Gen. Stanley McChrystal assumed ISAF command, we have seen a serious shift in thinking about civilian casualties and Afghan community concerns. This is most clearly embodied in the July Tactical Directive’s much stricter guidelines on airstrikes and other uses of force that could risk [...]
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Posted by Erica G from Kabul
Last Wednesday evening at 2pm, international forces raided a clinic in Wardak province run by one of the largest NGOs in Afghanistan, the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan (SCA). They forced entry into several rooms, tied up local staff and some family members of the patients, and ordered even bed-ridden patients [...]
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Posted by Erica G from Kabul
Since the new UN estimates on civilians killed so far in 2009 were released on Friday, I’ve been getting questions on whether these numbers are helpful, or even accurate, in describing the conflict: What’s the value of the obsession with body counting?
In one sense, these numbers offer a measure of [...]
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Posted by Erica G from Kabul
The UN issued its mid-year review on civilian deaths this morning. More than 1000 Afghan civilians have been killed so far this year — 24% more than in the first part of 2008. Two key take-aways from the report:
1) Numbers of those killed by insurgent attacks are way up (59% [...]
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Posted by Erica G from Kabul
This past week in Afghanistan, three US Senators — Patrick Leahy (VT), Sheldon Whitehouse (RI) and Mark Warner (VA) – used one afternoon of a packed Congressional assessment visit to sit down with a Afghan family affected by the conflict. They heard about the family’s experiences and help received through [...]
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