U.S. Pays Afghan Chief Accused Of Terror

[Charleston Chew]

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An Afghan warlord backed by US Special Forces has been facing persistent allegations that he launched a two-year spate of violence involving burglary, rape and murder of civilians, desecration of mosques and mutilation of corpses. Yet, despite repeated warnings about the atrocities Commander Azizullah is alleged to have committed, he has remained on the payroll of the US military as a member of a select band of mercenaries.

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Revealed: Afghan chief accused of campaign of terror is on US payroll

Witnesses back leaked UN reports detailing claims of rape and murder against feared Tajik warlord

Interviews with religious leaders, tribal elders, villagers, contractors and Western and Afghan officials all pointed to a reign of terror in which they believe 31-year-old Azizullah, a ethnic Tajik, targeted Pashtun civilians while fighting the Taliban.

Human rights experts say that is not necessarily surprising. The coalition "in general has been slow to the mark in developing transparent, public, and thorough accountability structures", said Erica Gaston, a human rights lawyer for the Open Society Foundations.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/revealed-afghan-chief-accused-of-campaign-of-terror-is-on-us-payroll-2245369.html