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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Clusterfuck That Is Afghanistan
Taliban bomb makers and leaders caught red-handed trying to kill American troops in Afghanistan have been freed without trial after paying off corrupt local officials, officers complain.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/9293245/Taliban-leaders-quietly-freed-without-trial-after-paying-off-officials.html
Taliban leaders quietly freed without trial after paying off officials
By Ben Farmer, Ghazni
8:00PM BST 04 Jun 2012
American officers in Ghazni province say in several cases they have been powerless to prevent the release of insurgent figures despite strong evidence they were attacking coalition forces.
The men were released not as part of the judicial process, or as part of a formal reconciliation deal, but after corrupt officials had taken bribes worth the equivalent of thousands of pounds.
A former Afghan intelligence chief from the eastern province confirmed to the Daily Telegraph that the practice had been rife for some time.
Paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division have been sent to southern Ghazni this summer with just months to try and stabilise security and bolster the Afghan forces, before they pull out.
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The Clusterfuck That Is Afghanistan (Original Post)
unhappycamper
Jun 2012
OP
I wonder if they used the money that we payed families for accidental deaths.
bahrbearian
Jun 2012
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xchrom
(108,903 posts)1. du rec. nt
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)2. Um, yeah? Works here too, but you have to be in the banking industry.
Swede
(33,236 posts)3. Or,these dudes are under 24 hour predator drone surveillence.
Hellfires in their future is not unlikely.
Octafish
(55,745 posts)4. Our money, too.
Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)5. We lost. Get out. Get over it.
bahrbearian
(13,466 posts)6. I wonder if they used the money that we payed families for accidental deaths.