A human rights association in Spain has denounced five NATO commanders of the US-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan for committing war crimes in the war-torn country.
On Monday, President of the Rene Cassin Committee, Spanish attorney Alberto Revuelta, issued a statement saying that the military commanders from the United States, Britain, Italy and Spain committed war crimes after they bombed the town of Shigal in Afghanistan’s Kunar Province on April 6 and killed at least 10 children and a woman.
The bombardments carried out by US-led forces in the war-ravaged country Å“could be characterized as war crimes, defined in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court as serious violation of the Geneva Conventions of August 1949,” the statement said.
This comes after a formal complaint was filed against the commanders, namely US Marine Commander for ISAF Gen. Joseph Dunford; Briton Nick Patrick Carter; US Lt. Gen. James I. Terry, the commander of the ISAFâ„¢s Neutralization Operations; Italyâ„¢s Giorgio Battisti; and the ISAF personnel chief and Spanish Gen. Javier Cabeza Taberna in the Audiencia Nacional (Spainâ„¢s National Court).
The United States and its allies entered the war in Afghanistan in October 2001 as part of Washingtonâ„¢s so-called war on terror. The offensive removed the Taliban from power, but after more than 11 years, the foreign troops have not been able to establish security in the country.
Many civilians have lost their lives in US-led operations in various parts of Afghanistan over the past decade with Afghans becoming increasingly outraged at the seemingly endless number of the deadly assaults.
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This article originally appeared on : Press TV