This week’s Critical State takes a deep dive into the wide-ranging estimates of civilian casualties resulting from US operations in Afghanistan, with a focus on both the technical and political reasons for these kinds of discrepancies.
McChrystal apologizes for Afghan civilian deaths
Aiming for Taliban, NATO Airstrikes Accidentally Kill at Least 9 Civilians
In Afghanistan, ‘avoid civilian deaths’ both a strategic and moral imperative
Tensions continue to flare on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border where The World’s Quil Lawrence is embedded with the 101st Airborne. He speaks with anchor Lisa Mullins.
Growing violence in Afghanistan
June has been the deadliest month for foreign troops in Afghanistan since the U.S. invasion in 2001, and civilian fatalities are also running high with Taliban forces operating on both sides of the Pakistani border
US Lt. Colonel William Johnson offered his apology on behalf of NATO troops to the governor of Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province for the deaths of six civilians. Anchor Lisa Mullins finds out more from James Foley, a reporter for “Stars and Stripes.”
