Are US Officials Ignoring Evidence Of Sexual Violence Involvoing Afghan Security Forces?

An Afghan police instructor shows a police trainee how to properly turn and arm himself at the Jalabad Regional Training Center, one of seven RTCs located throughout Afghanistan. The eight-week training gives the police the basics of police operations to include proper arrest procedures, human rights, Afghan laws, and corruption issues. More than 52,000 police have been trained at the various RTCs. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Reeba Critser, U.S. Mission to NATO

Are US Military Officials Ignoring Evidence Of Rape Involving Afghan Security Forces? -- The Public Record

The stated goal of the US-led War in Afghanistan, according to the Obama Administration, is to defeat the Taliban and establish a stable democratic government over the entire country. Critical to that goal is establishing a professional Afghan army and police force that is not corrupt, and that has the respect of the Afghan people.

But reports out of Canada suggest that far from creating such a military and police force, the so-called International Security and Assistance Force (ISAF) is turning a blind eye to the thuggish criminality of those organizations, both to avoid growing opposition in ISAF member countries, and to avoid offending those organizations in Afghanistan.

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My Comment: General Mullen and General McChrystal are advocates of using soft power in conflicts like Afghanistan. The intent is to build trust and confidence among the civilian population that there are principles that we stand on .... and rules of law that we obey.

A dysfunctional police and security force will only undermine this trust .... so why the silence?

My guess .... it is not a big enough problem for them to take notice, and this type of crime is probably hushed up because of the shame and stigma attached to it.