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'NATO exaggerates Afghan success'
the flag that lies
Thu Oct 13, 2011 4:15PM GMT
US-led soldiers in Afghanistan (file photo)
A recent report finds that the US-led NATO forces may be exaggerating the success of its operations in Afghanistan to show its campaign there has been successful.
According to a report released by the Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN) on Thursday, data on the raids, designed to kill or capture militant leaders between December 2009 and September 2011, is inconsistent, AFP reported.
“The lack of transparency is particularly apparent in the case of the insurgent leaders that were reportedly being killed and captured; there is no way to properly evaluate these claims," the AAN report pointed out.
The independent policy research organization also stated that the US-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) often interchanges the terms "facilitator" and "leader" without explaining why.
It also said statistics in press releases did not tally with more flamboyant figures released separately by ISAF to media outlets.
"It should make policymakers and analysts evaluating ISAF's progress think twice about accepting these body count figures without more serious scrutiny," the AAN report said.
Insecurity continues to rise across Afghanistan despite the presence of nearly 150,000 US-led forces in the Asian country.
A United Nations report said on September 28 that Afghanistan saw a near 40 percent rise in the monthly average number of security incidents recorded for the year through the end of August.
The report also said civilian casualties, already at record levels in the first six months of the year, rose 5 percent for the period from June to August compared with the same period in 2010.
Around 130,000 people were displaced by the conflict in the first seven months of the year, up nearly two-thirds from the same period one year earlier.
MP/JR/HGH
We all know americans are liars
'NATO exaggerates Afghan success'
the flag that liesThu Oct 13, 2011 4:15PM GMT
US-led soldiers in Afghanistan (file photo)
A recent report finds that the US-led NATO forces may be exaggerating the success of its operations in Afghanistan to show its campaign there has been successful.
According to a report released by the Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN) on Thursday, data on the raids, designed to kill or capture militant leaders between December 2009 and September 2011, is inconsistent, AFP reported.
“The lack of transparency is particularly apparent in the case of the insurgent leaders that were reportedly being killed and captured; there is no way to properly evaluate these claims," the AAN report pointed out.
The independent policy research organization also stated that the US-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) often interchanges the terms "facilitator" and "leader" without explaining why.
It also said statistics in press releases did not tally with more flamboyant figures released separately by ISAF to media outlets.
"It should make policymakers and analysts evaluating ISAF's progress think twice about accepting these body count figures without more serious scrutiny," the AAN report said.
Insecurity continues to rise across Afghanistan despite the presence of nearly 150,000 US-led forces in the Asian country.
A United Nations report said on September 28 that Afghanistan saw a near 40 percent rise in the monthly average number of security incidents recorded for the year through the end of August.
The report also said civilian casualties, already at record levels in the first six months of the year, rose 5 percent for the period from June to August compared with the same period in 2010.
Around 130,000 people were displaced by the conflict in the first seven months of the year, up nearly two-thirds from the same period one year earlier.
MP/JR/HGH
We all know americans are liars