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Nos milices à nous : Afghan Militia Leaders, Empowered by U.S. to Fight Taliban, Inspire Fear in Villages
▻http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/18/world/asia/afghan-militia-leaders-empowered-by-us-to-fight-taliban-inspire-fear-in-vil

From the start, some Afghan officials, including former President Hamid Karzai, objected to the Americans’ practice of forming militias that did not answer directly to the Afghan government. They saw the militias as destabilizing forces that undermined the government’s authority and competed with efforts to build up large and professional military and police forces.

Now, many of those concerns have become a daily reality in Afghan villages.

“For God’s sake, take these people away from us,” Mr. Ahad, 36, said of Rahimullah’s militiamen. “We cannot stand their brutality.”

La politique de développement des milices est un aspect fondamental des guerres de « démocratisation » américaines.

(via Angry Arab)

HRW en 2011 ,
►http://www.hrw.org/fr/news/2011/09/12/afghanistan-le-gouvernement-devrait-juguler-les-milices-et-la-police-locale-afg

Les #milices [afghanes créées par les #Etats-Unis] et certaines unités de la nouvelle Police locale afghane (ALP) soutenue par les États-Unis commettent de graves violations des droits humains, sous le contrôle lacunaire du gouvernement et en toute impunité, a déclaré Human Rights Watch dans un rapport publié aujourd’hui.

Rien n’a changé aujourd’hui :

Afghan Militia Leaders, Empowered by U.S. to Fight Taliban, Inspire Fear in Villages - NYTimes.com
▻http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/18/world/asia/afghan-militia-leaders-empowered-by-us-to-fight-taliban-inspire-fear-in-vil

They are a significant part of the legacy of the American war here, brought to power amid a Special Operations counterinsurgency strategy that mobilized anti-Taliban militias in areas beyond the grasp of the Afghan Army.

From the start, some Afghan officials, including former President Hamid Karzai, objected to the Americans’ practice of forming militias that did not answer directly to the Afghan government. They saw the militias as destabilizing forces that undermined the government’s authority and competed with efforts to build up large and professional military and police forces.

Now, many of those concerns have become a daily reality in Afghan villages.

“For God’s sake, take these people away from us,” Mr. Ahad, 36, said of Rahimullah’s militiamen. “We cannot stand their brutality.”

#Afghanistan #droits_humains