UN Discovers Foreign Troops Can Commit Atrocities, Post-Occupation
Al-Monitor reports that the UN Human Rights Council is mulling an EU-backed probe into Afghanistan atrocities, potentially including 'foreign troops.' This arrives conveniently after the U.S. and its allies have largely withdrawn, leaving behind a country shattered by a 20-year occupation. The proposed investigation, described as 'among the strongest form of U.N. rights probe,' follows years of
reports from organizations like Amnesty International detailing civilian casualties, torture, and extrajudicial killings committed by all sides, including U.S. and allied forces. One might wonder where such robust investigative zeal was during the actual occupation. This sudden push for accountability, years after the fact, feels less like justice and more like performative absolution. How many
future 'investigations' will materialise only after the 'foreign troops' have safely packed up and left the scene of their alleged crimes?