Afghan soldier kills 2 British troops

[RevolutionThroughReason]

in America about 230,000 people die every year from various causes, we don't see mountains of their bones either. Doesn't really prove anything.

The Taliban are just bad at fighting a war, they fight like women; the kill ratios are proof of it, not to mention Taliban use suicide tactics which means there is a guaranteed Taliban casualty. Totally moronic fighting strategy.

[Manzareh]

yeah Payback, three guys? It will probably take 60 Taliban to get 20 marines. That's pathetic. another reason why Taliban are a disgrace, they fight like women!

Are you kidding?

AC-130 gunships's, F-22A Raptor's, Desert hawk UAV's, M16A4 rifle's, Heatseeking homing devices, Superior infra-red & night vision scopes, Humvees, M-40A3 sniper rifle ranges, Body and head armor, Tanks, Apachies etc etc. Do you even have an idea how much state of the art warfare equipment the US AND its allies have??? are you forgetting the worlds superpower is fighting a 'gang' with rusty muskets and chinese AK47s. Give the Taliban the same equipment and freedom of training and il be damned if they dont invade the world within a few years.

[KhyberKhan]

yeah Payback, three guys? It will probably take 60 Taliban to get 20 marines. That's pathetic. another reason why Taliban are a disgrace, they fight like women!

sup Soldat v.2.0

[khushal]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datab...?newsfeed=true
Today The Guardian reports that military commanders have quietly disciplined British troops accused of killing or wounding Afghan civilians.
The troops were disciplined in four private hearings by their commander officers over allegations ranging from shooting dead an Afghan who was praying in a field to punching an Afghan until he was unconscious.
It is the latest in a series of disclosures about the alleged abuse of Afghans by the British military during the decade-long war.

The Guardian has compiled a list of investigations and prosecutions of British troops who have been accused of killing or abusing Afghans since January 2005.
The list has been drawn from official accounts of prosecutions, documents released by the Ministry of Defence under the freedom of information act and other reporting.
Britain's military police, the Royal Military Police, have started at least 126 investigations into incidents in which British troops are alleged to have killed or injured Afghan civilians since January 2005.
A small number of these investigations have resulted in prosecutions — eight, according to Nick Harvey, the armed forces minister.

The prosecutions took part either in an open court martial, or in private, in what are known as summary hearings. In such hearings, the commanding officer of a military unit hears the evidence and decides what punishment the subordinate should receive.
The descriptions of the allegations under investigation have been drawn from the Ministry of Defence's own accounts of the incidents.
This is only a very partial picture. The MoD has censored many details of the incidents, citing the usual reasons such as the need to protect national security. We have no way of course of knowing whether those reasons are valid or merely to avoid embarrassment.

The names of regiments or the locations of the incidents are sometimes given. The names of those killed or wounded are never disclosed.
We are interested to hear more details about these incidents, such as what happened, why were the investigations launched, or what resulted from the investigations.
If you can help, please get in touch. I can be contacted on rob.evans@guardian.co.uk

The Guardian has calculated that around 90 civilians, including women and children, were killed or wounded in the investigations and prosecutions listed here. However the actual number of casualties at the centre of the 126 investigations is likely to be much higher as the MoD has kept secret details of more than half of the investigations.
Many more Afghan civilians are likely to have been killed or injured by British soldiers during the war in Afghanistan, but the total number is unknown. For instance, documents obtained by Wikileaks revealed US army reports of 21 occasions in which British troops are said to have shot or bombed Afghan civilians. At least 46 Afghans were killed or wounded in those incidents. Only of one those incidents, in November 2007, led to an investigation by the Royal Military Police which, according to the MoD, decided that there were no grounds to mount a prosecution.
It is British policy to not count the the number of Afghan civilians who have been killed or wounded by British forces during the conflict.

Each of the 126 investigations was started after commanders determined that the evidence was serious enough to justify an inquiry.
Previous Guardian articles on these incidents can be found here, here and here.

[Old School Killiwal]

he would have had a "trial" if he was white.

[RevolutionThroughReason]

sup Soldat v.2.0

Soldat would be pro NATO I am not.

[RevolutionThroughReason]

Are you kidding?

AC-130 gunships's, F-22A Raptor's, Desert hawk UAV's, M16A4 rifle's, Heatseeking homing devices, Superior infra-red & night vision scopes, Humvees, M-40A3 sniper rifle ranges, Body and head armor, Tanks, Apachies etc etc. Do you even have an idea how much state of the art warfare equipment the US AND its allies have??? are you forgetting the worlds superpower is fighting a 'gang' with rusty muskets and chinese AK47s. Give the Taliban the same equipment and freedom of training and il be damned if they dont invade the world within a few years.

If they the Mujahideen could do it to the Russians so can the Taliban no excuses.