Ninety Percent Of Captured 'Taliban' Were Civilians

[emkhan]

America always speak lies and Lies has got no feet to stand on.

[IamDZJ]

^ what is the lie?? i haven't read the article but and am more than sure that more than %90 of people dying under the name of being talibs are not talibs.

[unknownprince]

tehran times : 90% seized 'Taliban' civilians: U.S. report

90% seized 'Taliban' civilians: U.S. report


Following the release of figures intended to portray an American success in Afghanistan, a U.S. military report shows that almost 90 percent of Afghans “captured” as Taliban militants were actually civilians.

Back in December 2010, U.S. commander General David Petraeus claimed that during the previous six months a total of 4,100 Taliban rank and file had been captured and 2,000 had been killed, only to be revealed that nearly 90 percent of those captured had been civilians, Inter Press Service reported.

Another set of misleading figures that was circulated claimed that U.S. Special Operations Forces had captured 1,355 rank and file Taliban militants, killed 1,031, while having killed or captured 365 middle or high-ranking Taliban members through May and July of the same year.

The figures were released for media publicity and intended to reverse the U.S. reputation over its losses in war-torn Afghanistan.

The report indicates that even more detainees were released from the U.S. detention facility at Bagram airbase, also known as the Detention Facility in Parwan, after their files were reviewed by a panel of military officers.

Although the number of Taliban deaths claimed by the U.S. is impossible to double check, the number of detainees can be monitored, as detainees can only be held in a Forward Operating Base for 14 days before being released or sent to long-term detention.

The death toll of the U.S.-led forces in 2010 stood at 711, making the year the deadliest on record for foreign forces in Afghanistan since the start of the U.S.-led invasion in 2001.

NATO has admitted that the power of militants in Afghanistan is on the rise despite the presence of nearly 150,000 U.S.-led forces in the war-ravaged country.

(Source: Press TV)

[unknownprince]

this failed war of aggression is being waged against the Afghan people who want these foreign criminals out of the country along with the foreign lackey city government.

[unknownprince]

Ninety Percent Of Captured 'Taliban' Were Civilians

IPS News:
During his intensive initial round of media interviews as commander in Afghanistan in August 2010, Gen. David Petraeus released figures to the news media that claimed spectacular success for raids by Special Operations Forces: in a 90-day period from May through July, SOF units had captured 1,355 rank and file Taliban, killed another 1,031, and killed or captured 365 middle or high-ranking Taliban.
Read the whole story: IPS News





US data: 90% of captured 'Taliban' were civilians

http://www.presstv.com/detail/184452.html

US commander General David Petraeus
Official US military data shows that almost 90 percent of the over 4,000 suspected “Taliban” captured by US forces in Afghanistan in the second half of 2010 were civilians who were released within days.


In December 2010, commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan General David Petraeus claimed in an interview that a total of 4,100 Taliban rank and file had been captured and 2,000 others had been killed in the space of six months.

The claim followed another set of misleading figures that had been released three months earlier and which said US Special Operations Forces had captured 1,355 rank and file Taliban militants, killed 1,031, while having killed or captured 365 middle or high-ranking Taliban members through May and July of the same year.

The figures were apparently released for media publicity and intended to restore US reputation over its losses in Afghanistan, IPS reported.

However, unclassified graphs by Task Force 435 -- the military command responsible for detainee affairs -- on Bagram airbase's monthly intake and release totals for 2010, shows that only 270 detainees were admitted to that facility during the 90-day period from May through July 2010.

The report indicates that even more detainees were released from the US detention facility at Bagram airbase, also known as the Detention Facility in Parwan, after their files were reviewed by a panel of military officers.

Although verification of the number of Taliban deaths claimed by the US is impossible, the number of detainees can be monitored, as detainees can only be held in a Forward Operating Base for 14 days before being released or sent to long-term detention.

The death toll of the US-led forces in 2010 stood at 711, making the year the deadliest on record for foreign forces in Afghanistan since 2001.

NATO has admitted that the power of militants in Afghanistan is on the rise despite the presence of nearly 150,000 US-led forces in the war-ravaged country.

SZH/MB/HRF/HGH/MMN

No Afghan who is opposed to these foreign criminals and their lackeys can be legally arrested. It is illegal to aid and abet these foreign criminals who are waging a failed war of aggression against Afghanistan. The foreign criminals also have a criminal organization running Kabul and the NDS. These are the traitors who are guilty of treason and sedition to the Afghan nation.