Human Rights Watch-rapport konkluderer, at både afghanske militser og lokale politistyrker krænker menneskerettighederne.
Militias and some units of the new local police in Afghanistan are committing serious human rights abuses, a Human Rights Watch report said according to BBC online Monday.
The report says that police and militias are responsible for crimes including killings, rape, arbitrary detention (vilkårlig tilbageholdelse), abductions and forcible land grabs.
It also says the Afghan government has failed to hold the militias properly to account.
Nato said it was working with the government to examine the findings, BBC online wrote.
– The Afghan Local Police (ALP) programme is a critical component to bringing governance and security to the Afghan people at the local level, Nato spokesman Lt Col Jimmie Cummings said, adding:
– Where relevant, we will endeavour to improve this programme and work diligently to correct these observations.
The Human Rights Watch (HRW) report says that the Afghan government and the US should sever ties with irregular armed groups and “take immediate steps to create properly trained and vetted security forces that are held accountable for their actions”.
The 102-page report, “Just Don’t Call It a Militia” accuses militias and Afghan local police of carrying out abuses in the northern province of Kunduz and in Baghlan, Herat and Uruzgan provinces.
It says that because the government has failed to hold these forces to account, future abuses will be likely and generate support for the Taliban and other opposition forces.
– The government has responded to the insurgency by reactivating militias that threaten the lives of ordinary Afghans, Human Rights Watch Asia director Brad Adams said to BBC online.
