U.S. military officials denied claims by the United Nations and the government of Afghanistan that an airstrike in Herat province killed over 90 Afghan civilians.
A U.S. investigation into video archives and eyewitness accounts of the Aug. 22 raid found only five Afghan civilians were killed in the strike on the Taliban stronghold in western Afghanistan.
The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission, AIHRC, accused the United States of war crimes and violations of humanitarian law for its activities in Afghanistan.
“According to our investigations, 98% of civilian casualties caused by the coalition forces in Afghanistan are intentional,” said AIHRC chief Lal Gul. “The actions of the coalition forces, especially the American forces, are not only against the human rights laws, but are considered war crimes. Therefore, these forces have committed war crimes in Afghanistan,” he added.
