Afghanistan Papers Detail US Role in Abuse

Expand US forces and Afghan security police are seen in Asad Khil, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, April 17, 2017. The US military's complicty in abuses in Afghanistan was revealed in papers released in December, 2019. © AP Photo/Rahmat Gul The Afghanistan papers – 2,000 pages of confidential US government documents about US policy in the country – are unsurprising for those who have followed Afghanistan since 2001 (and earlier), and who know how routinely US officials lied about progress in the war. Only a few of the documents, which were published by the Washington Post, discuss human…

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