Special operations forces, not regular troops, for instance, capture and kill key al Qaeda and Taliban figures. Apart from the civilian casualties these operations sometimes cause, they also bring these soldiers into close contact with Afghan society at places and times where it is most vulnerable and sensitive. It is so shameful that some Afghans have cited the searches as the reason for their joining the growing ranks of the internally displaced.
As one former resident of Khas Uruzgan recounted to local researchers, "I went to Spin Boldak to save my dignity. We were humiliated. And, in the past, the missions have even caused problems for regional International Security Assistance Force ISAF commanders whose efforts to build trust with locals were complicated by controversial special forces operations about which they knew nothing in advance.
This should provide those advocating a renewed narrow focus on the counterterrorism mission in Afghanistan with food for thought. It may seem a cheaper and cleaner alternative to the counterinsurgency approach the Pentagon advocates. It is significant that the man now charged with turning things around in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, was previously the head of U. Joint Special Operations Command and oversaw these types of direct-action operations by special forces.
Serious questions remain about whether even a fully resourced counterinsurgency approach will work in Afghanistan, but a key measure of its success will be one that McChrystal has himself established: the protection of civilians. This goal has led McChrystal to place, very publicly, limits on the use of air power by coalition forces.
The high civilian death toll in the recent airstrike on a hijacked oil tanker in Kunduz province demonstrated both the importance of this new injunction and the difficulty of implementing it. In a recent speech at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, the ISAF commander emphasized yet again that Afghans need protecting: from the Taliban and other insurgents who kill, maim, exploit, and extort, as well as from the warlords whose predatory instincts have not been dulled by the fact that some are today ministers in the national government.
But as McChrystal made clear, if the West is to win in Afghanistan, sometimes the allied forces will "need to protect [Afghans] from our own actions" as well. The captain, Amasa Delano, sees a lot of strange things, including a row of slaves furiously polishing hatchets. The hatchet-polishers look like a work party, but in actuality stand guard over the white crew members who are now their prisoners.
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