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Thursday, September 24, 2015 12:27:19 AM
U.S. general: Never a policy to ignore sexual abuse of Afghan boys
.. even in the face of clear evidence to the contrary denial of nasty, destructive
policy, which even works against a primary mission, is one thing that will always be ..
September 22nd, 2015 by Associated Press
An Afghan policeman stands guard at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Mazar-i-Sharif, in Balkh province, some 186 miles north of Kabul, Afghanistan,
Saturday, Sept. 5, 2015.
Photo by Associated Press /Times Free Press.
WASHINGTON -- The commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan said Tuesday he expects U.S. personnel to report to military superiors any allegations of sexual abuse of boys by Afghan forces. He added that Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has assured him the government "will not tolerate abuse of its children."
The statement from Gen. John Campbell, who heads U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, came in response to reports that Afghan forces who worked with U.S. military personnel sexually assaulted boys and that U.S. troops were told to ignore suspicions of abuse. Members of Congress have complained that a U.S. soldier was forced out of the military because he intervened in 2011, attacking an Afghan police commander he believed was raping a child.
Campbell, in his statement, said he was confident there had never been a policy that U.S. troops were to ignore suspicions of abuse.
More .. http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/breakingnews/story/2015/sep/22/us-general-never-policy-ignore-sexual-abuse-afghan-boys/326612/
.. even in the face of clear evidence to the contrary denial of nasty, destructive
policy, which even works against a primary mission, is one thing that will always be ..
September 22nd, 2015 by Associated Press
An Afghan policeman stands guard at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Mazar-i-Sharif, in Balkh province, some 186 miles north of Kabul, Afghanistan,
Saturday, Sept. 5, 2015.
Photo by Associated Press /Times Free Press.
WASHINGTON -- The commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan said Tuesday he expects U.S. personnel to report to military superiors any allegations of sexual abuse of boys by Afghan forces. He added that Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has assured him the government "will not tolerate abuse of its children."
The statement from Gen. John Campbell, who heads U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, came in response to reports that Afghan forces who worked with U.S. military personnel sexually assaulted boys and that U.S. troops were told to ignore suspicions of abuse. Members of Congress have complained that a U.S. soldier was forced out of the military because he intervened in 2011, attacking an Afghan police commander he believed was raping a child.
Campbell, in his statement, said he was confident there had never been a policy that U.S. troops were to ignore suspicions of abuse.
More .. http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/breakingnews/story/2015/sep/22/us-general-never-policy-ignore-sexual-abuse-afghan-boys/326612/
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