NOURNEWS - Afghanistan, which has been occupied by NATO and US forces for more than 19 years under the pretext of restoring peace and tranquility, has seen a new wave of explosions and terrorist attacks in recent weeks.
In the midst of this critical situation as well as the news about the peace process between the central government of Kabul and the Taliban, but; The news of foreign troops in Afghanistan acknowledging the killing of civilians received little attention and was sidelined by the Western media.
In the past few days, two Dutch troops stationed in Afghanistan have revealed in a mission to their superiors that an Australian commander had recently confirmed the crimes committed by the Australian military in Afghanistan against the illegal killing of 39 Afghan civilians. Afghan citizens were shot and killed.
In this regard; Former Dutch soldier Survey Holzken told the local newspaper Troy that they had targeted houses they initially thought belonged to Taliban militants, but when people began to flee their homes, the soldiers fired at them with superior orders. And this was while no one from the houses fired at them. Another Dutch soldier, who did not want to be named, confirmed the incident.
Of course, this is not the end of the story, a country claiming that Canada, which is filing human rights cases against other countries at the United Nations, was also involved in these crimes, as there have been numerous reports of canadian forces killing civilians and torture of prisoners in Afghanistan, but according to former lawman and political science professor Craig Scott, the Canadian government has never addressed this issue.
On the other hand; The British media have also published documents showing that British special forces shot dead a number of Afghan citizens without being armed and considered a threat.
Reports from the United Nations and human rights organizations also show that US forces have committed the most atrocities in killing civilians.
Interestingly, during ISIS's show of force in Syria and Iraq, images of isis playing with beheadings were published, with a history of this brutal and criminal behavior returning to U.S. troops in Afghanistan, where they played football and broadcast footage of it.
Here are some notable points about these crimes of the occupiers of Afghanistan:
First; The West's view of the Afghan people and the cost of their lives is that, even when the United States was forced to accept some of the killings in Kandahar, for example, under global pressure, in 2012 blood money was estimated at $ 40,000 to $ 50,000 for each killed and $ 10,000 for He announced any injuries and, of course, refused to punish anyone in this regard.
In 2003, they forced Gaddafi to pay $ 3 billion to the families of 259 victims (more than $ 11 million per person) for the victims of the 1988 Lockerbie attack attributed to Libya.
In addition to these sums, the incident was declared without any terrorist documents and Libya was found guilty and one person was sentenced to life imprisonment, while neither Libya nor the suspect ever claimed responsibility for the incident and the Libyan government only because of pressure International and sanctions were forced to do so.
Second; The attitude of the Western governments towards the perpetrators of the crimes carried against the people of Afghanistan and of course Iraq by their forces in these countries is not only that these criminal killers have never been punished, but in a capitulation behavior the Afghan government was not allowed to punish the killers and the wrong soldiers returned to their countries. In the courts of these countries, they have been acquitted on the pretext of mental disorder or have been sentenced to several years in prison, and the commanders and main perpetrators of these crimes have never been tried.
Meanwhile; The case of these crimes has always been subject to the passage of time and has been hidden from public opinion by leaving the cycle of legal proceedings and media pursuits, such as the case of the crimes of British forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, which was reopened under former British Prime Minister Tony Blair. It has not been concluded today.
In the United States, the US government has officially pardoned the killers, and Trump's recent pardon of the criminal members of "Blackwater" is the latest in this regard.
More interestingly; In June, Donald Trump ordered economic sanctions and travel restrictions on Hague tribunal staff in response to the Hague tribunal's efforts to launch an investigation into war crimes committed by Afghan parties to the conflict in Afghanistan, including the US military.
Third; The attitude of international institutions towards these crimes. Although the United Nations, the Security Council, the Hague Tribunal, and the Human Rights Council are tasked with examining the scale of the atrocities committed by the occupiers of Afghanistan and Iraq, their behavior is similar to that of the Zionist regime against the Palestinian people. For 22, 8 and 51 days, Gaza formed fact-finding committees, but in the end no convictions were issued against the Zionist regime.
Similar behavior by the United Nations, such as removing Saudi Arabia from the blacklist of child-killing regimes despite acknowledging the killing of Yemeni children, is another manifestation of this behavior.
In any case, what is certain is that; International organizations, under the control of the great powers, have practically become a tool to conceal and justify the crimes of the occupiers, and instead of legal and humanitarian functions, they act in the interests of murderers and criminals.
With these explanation; Is there any way other than expelling these terrorists and ending their occupation to restore stability and peace in countries like Afghanistan and Iraq?
BY: Mohammad Ghaderi
NOURNEWS