A highly secretive CIA-trained paramilitary unit, known
as the Khost Protection Force (KPF), operating in eastern
Afghanistan, has been implicated in civilian killings, torture and
resorting to excessive force under the guise of counterterrorism
activities, new report says.
Paid, equipped, and directed by the US Intelligence
Agency to allegedly fight against the Taliban and al-Qaeda militants
in the mountainous province of Khost, the covert Afghan militia
killed at least six civilians during the past month only. The group
also made arbitrary arrests and conducted controversial night raids,
according to a detailed report published in the Washington Post on
Thursday.
The report, which is based on accounts provided by local
officials and civilians, former commanders of KPF, and Western
advisers, uncovered the tragic incidents of killing a husband and
wife on November 20, and a 50-year-old man with his 26-year-old son
on November 11, among others.
In another incident, happened around six months ago, a
17-year-old student named Javedullah was shot dead crossing a KPF
checkpoint in Khost city because he was listening to his earphones
and did not hear the KPF fighter who had ordered him to stop.
In December 2014, 14 KPF members also stormed into the
house of a man named Meerajudin and gunned down his 14-year-old son
in the back as the boy was fleeing for cover.
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