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Watchdog group says US not releasing data on Taliban attacks


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The US mission in Afghanistan has for the primary time refused to publicly launch its knowledge on rebel assaults amid the implementation of a peace settlement between the United States and the Taliban, an American watchdog stated Friday. The resolution to not launch the info comes because the Trump administration is raring for the US-Taliban settlement to be seen as profitable in order that President Donald Trump can meet his commitments on pulling troops out of Afghanistan.

Washington’s Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, or SIGAR, which screens billions of {dollars} in U.S. assist to Afghanistan, expressed its concern in its quarterly report, which additionally discusses the discount in floor operations of Afghan forces. John F. Sopko, who heads the watchdog, wrote that knowledge on the Taliban and different militant assaults was one of many final remaining metrics SIGAR was in a position to make use of to report publicly on the safety scenario in Afghanistan.

The report stated U.S. forces have labeled all casualty info from Afghan nationwide protection and safety forces for the primary quarter of 2020. However, the workplace of Afghanistan’s nationwide safety adviser earlier this week stated the Taliban have carried out 2,804 assaults for the reason that peace settlement between the Taliban and U.S. was signed on February 29. Army Lt. Col. Thomas Campbell, a Pentagon spokesperson, stated knowledge on rebel assaults is essential to discussions between businesses concerning the Taliban’s adherence to the peace settlement

It can be releasable to the general public when now not integral to those deliberations, or the deliberations are concluded,” he said. Campbell did say that enemy-initiated attacks during the month of March exceeded seasonal norms.  The US, NATO and our international partners have been clear that the Taliban’s level of violence against the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces is unacceptably high,” he stated.

US officers and the Afghan authorities have repeatedly urged the Taliban to cut back their assaults within the wake of the settlement, however the rebel group has continued to focus on Afghan safety outposts at ranges above the seasonal norms,” in line with the report. Afghan officers stated a police safety chief in southern Helmand province and two different police officers have been killed Wednesday, when a roadside bomb positioned by the Taliban struck their automobile. According to Afghan Defense Ministry officers, the Taliban have been conducting on common 10 to 15 armed assaults every day on Afghan safety forces throughout the nation.

The watchdog report stated Afghan particular forces carried out 528 floor operations within the first three months of this 12 months, 10% fewer than final quarter and 36% fewer than in the identical interval final 12 months. Based on U.S. reporting to SIGAR, the Afghan forces carried out over half of the operations throughout this era independently of their American and NATO allies. Under the peace deal, the U.S. final month started to attract down its forces to eight,600 from 13,000, with the rest withdrawing in 14 months.

After the US-Taliban deal, the Afghan authorities introduced a 21-member crew to barter peace with the Taliban in what are purported to be intra-Afghan negotiations. However, the Taliban have refused to fulfill with a Kabul authorities crew due to the continued dispute between Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and his political rival Abdullah Abdullah, who’ve each declared themselves the victor in September’s presidential election.

Another aspect of the U.S.-Taliban deal is a prisoner trade. The settlement had known as for the discharge of 5,000 Taliban prisoners and 1,000 authorities personnel held by the insurgents. So far, the Afghan authorities has launched 550 detainees based mostly on age, vulnerability to the coronavirus and time served behind bars. The Taliban haven’t stated if these launched are among the many prisoners referred to within the settlement.

For their half, the Taliban have freed 114 prisoners, together with 54 on Thursday. Even although violence and assaults have continued in Afghanistan, the U.N. mission on Monday famous a drop within the variety of civilians killed within the first three months of this 12 months, in comparison with the identical time final 12 months. It stated that within the first quarter of this 12 months, 533 individuals, together with 152 kids, have been killed by combating and a whole lot extra have been wounded. 



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