No justice for Afghan civilians killed by US forces, says Amnesty International

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http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/11/amnesty-international-justice-afghan-civilians-killed-us-soldiers



Rights group says families of those killed are left without compensation by 'deeply flawed US military justice system'

No justice for Afghan civilians killed by US forces, says Amnesty International
Agence France-Presse in Kabul
theguardian.com, Monday 11 August 2014 06.53 EDT

The families of thousands of civilians killed by US forces in Afghanistan have been left without justice or compensation, Amnesty International has said in a damning indictment of the US military as it withdraws from the country.

In a report published on Monday, Amnesty said it had gathered evidence of "a deeply flawed US military justice system that cements a culture of impunity" in dealing with Afghan civilian deaths and injuries caused by US-led Nato operations since 2001.

President Hamid Karzai has often castigated US forces for civilian casualties. Nato's International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) says it takes all allegations of civilian casualties seriously and investigates each alleged incident.

Amnesty researchers interviewed 125 Afghans who had first-hand information on 16 attacks that resulted in civilian casualties, as well as collating data from 97 reported incidents since 2007.