Afghan, NATO slam new Taliban code of conduct

[Coventina]

Source: Associated Press

KABUL — A new Taliban code of military conduct that tells fighters to limit suicide attacks and avoid killing civilians is a sham that doesn't reflect the true nature of the insurgents, NATO and Afghan officials said Wednesday.

The code, entitled "Taliban 2009 rules and regulations booklet," is believed to have been published in May. Copies have been seized in operations throughout the country, NATO spokesman Brig. Gen. Eric Tremblay said.

"It seems to be a form of propaganda to try to show there is a central control over the insurrection," he said.

The requirement for Taliban fighters to respect the rules of war contradicts the reality on the ground, Defense Ministry spokesman Mohammad Zahir Azimi said, noting that Taliban fighters captured and beheaded an Afghan soldier this week in the eastern Paktika region.

Tremblay said insurgents have conducted at least 90 suicide bombings this year, and at least 40 percent of the victims were civilians. He also said that insurgents traffic children to use them as unknowing suicide bombers, and have destroyed at least 40 schools this year.

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[TiredOldMan]

1. What a Joke

These are a people that use children and the mentally ill as unwilling suicide bombers. They terrorize and abuse women. They hang people for being homosexual. They can beat you if they feel you don't pray "enough each day".

They have NO Code of Conduct unless you are talking about the Code of Evil!

[Truth Talks]

2. No kidding...

They also like to drop bombs on women and children and take prisoners to faraway concentration camps where they can be tortured.

Wait a minute - that's Team USA! Thanks God we at least have a code of conduct. It comes in especially handy when we invade other people's nations.