Afghan army personnel beat prisoner in the eyes of American soldiers [video]

A video recently released show members of Afghan army beating a prisoner right under the eyes of the American soldiers.

The video was circulated on Afghan social networks in early September, before being deleted. However, it has been recovered by the journalist of the magazine "Rolling Stones", Matthieu Aikins, which is investigating allegations of war crimes levelled against U.S. Special Forces in Afghanistan.

In the images of men in uniform of the Afghan National Army [ANA] electroplate ground a man bound hand and foot, and the whip several times. One minute, unidentified individuals, but by their appearance and uniform s, appear to be American soldiers appear in the image. They look without flinching the detainee being abused.

Watch the video below (Warning!! Beware of graphic content)

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Man in Afghan army uniform kills NATO soldier

A man wearing the uniform of the Afghan army has shot dead a NATO service member on Friday in the east of the county. The death brings to 20 the number of NATO soldiers killed by Afghan colleagues in at least 15 separate attacks so far this year.

The NATO statement provided no details about Friday’s attack and did not give the nationality of the service member killed. NATO usually waits for member nations to provide details about troop deaths.

It may be added that an increasing number of Afghan soldiers are turning their weapons against NATO troops who are helping Kabul fight a decade-long insurgency by hardline Taliban Islamists.

Read more: Alarabiya

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'End of the Rope' - Karzai tells the U.S. over Kandahar massacre

The Afghan president Hamid Karzai accused the United States of failing to fully cooperate with an investigation into the massacre of 16 Afghan villagers by a U.S. soldier and questioned whether more than one soldier could have been involved.

A series of blunders by the United States, including the killings in Kandahar province on Sunday and the inadvertent burning of copies of the Koran at a NATO base last month, has further strained already tense relations between the countries.

"This has been going on for too long. You have heard me before. It is by all means the end of the rope here," Karzai told reporters at the heavily fortified presidential palace.

Read details: Reuters

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Dover Air Base dumped 274 US troop remains at landfill

[ BBC USA & Canada ] 8 Dec

Incinerated partial remains of at least 274 troops were reportedly dumped at landfill between 2004-08 by the largest military mortuary in the US, BBC reports quoting the Washington Post. The Washington Post report is based on data from Dover Air Force Base, the main entry port for US war dead.

Another 1,762 remains - which did not undergo DNA testing because they were too badly damaged - were disposed of in the same manner, according to the newspaper.

Families, who had agreed for the remains to be disposed of respectfully, were unaware of the practice.

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