What the hell are US troops doing in Afghanistan?
This story from the Associated Press is shocking: The U.S. military faced more criticism Monday in Afghanistan as a charity accused American soldiers of storming through a provincial hospital, breaking down doors and tying up staff and visitors in a hunt for insurgents. Critics say such heavy-handed tactics, if true, violate international principles and undermine support for the war against the Taliban. The American military said it was investigating the allegation, which came on the heels of a furor over reports that dozens of civilians were killed in a NATO airstrike in the country’s north last week. Civilian deaths and intrusive searches have bred resentment among the Afghan population nearly eight years after the United States-led coalition invaded to oust the Taliban’s hard-line Islamist regime, which was sheltering Al Qaeda leaders. On Monday, the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan said soldiers with the U.S. Army’s 10th Mountain Division looking for insurgents forced their way in
