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US forces told to leave Afghan province
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February 26, 2013, Tuesday
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AFGHAN President Hamid Karzai has ordered all US special forces to leave a strategically important eastern province within two weeks because of allegations that Afghans working with them are torturing and abusing other Afghans.
Americans have frequently angered the Afghan public over issues ranging from Qurans burned at a US base to allegations of civilian killings.
The US-led coalition in Afghanistan has so far found no evidence to support Afghan allegations of misconduct by American special forces in the strategic eastern province, a spokesman said yesterday.
German General Gunter Katz said the International Security Assistance Force will work with the government to find a solution to the concerns of Afghans, but could not yet comment on the allegations that Afghans connected with US special forces were involved in abuses that include torture, killings and illegal detentions.
Karzai on Sunday ordered all US special forces to leave Wardak within two weeks and requested that their operations there cease immediately.
The Afghan defense ministry said in a statement that it had "demanded the special forces evacuate the areas according to the timeline" given by Karzai.
The decision followed a meeting of Karzai's National Security Council during which Wardak provincial governor Abdul Majid Khogyani said that Afghans working with US special forces were responsible for the disappearance of at least nine men and the murder of an Afghan university student. He also presented allegations that the Afghans working for the American special forces were involved in abusive behavior.
Americans have frequently angered the Afghan public over issues ranging from Qurans burned at a US base to allegations of civilian killings.
The US-led coalition in Afghanistan has so far found no evidence to support Afghan allegations of misconduct by American special forces in the strategic eastern province, a spokesman said yesterday.
German General Gunter Katz said the International Security Assistance Force will work with the government to find a solution to the concerns of Afghans, but could not yet comment on the allegations that Afghans connected with US special forces were involved in abuses that include torture, killings and illegal detentions.
Karzai on Sunday ordered all US special forces to leave Wardak within two weeks and requested that their operations there cease immediately.
The Afghan defense ministry said in a statement that it had "demanded the special forces evacuate the areas according to the timeline" given by Karzai.
The decision followed a meeting of Karzai's National Security Council during which Wardak provincial governor Abdul Majid Khogyani said that Afghans working with US special forces were responsible for the disappearance of at least nine men and the murder of an Afghan university student. He also presented allegations that the Afghans working for the American special forces were involved in abusive behavior.
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