The US continues drone strikes in Afghanistan without facing any international action despite Washington’s planned withdrawal from the war-stricken country, an analyst tells Press TV.
“The drone program is unfortunately alive and continuing and may be intensifying and so this represents a great danger to the population in Afghanistan as well as Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia,” Richard Becker said in an interview.
He added that the Afghan government could not sue the US in any international tribunal because “there is no real international justice.”
The analyst stated that “international bodies like the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court” are unlikely to allow Afghanistan “bring a case” against the US drone program.
Becker said the US refuses to join international tribunals in order to save its military forces from “criminal prosecution.”
He added that Washington’s assassination drone operations are “clear and really terrible violations of international law” which cannot be justified.
Afghan police officials said on Tuesday that a US assassination drone attack killed two people in northeastern Afghanistan.
The US carries out targeted killings through drone strikes worldwide such as in Yemen, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Somalia.
Washington claims the targets of the drone attacks are al-Qaeda militants, but local officials and witnesses maintain that civilians have been the main victims of the attacks over the past few years.
The US and its allies invaded Afghanistan in 2001 as part of Washington’s so-called war on terror. The offensive removed the Taliban from power, but insecurity continues to rise across the country, despite the presence of tens of thousands of US-led troops.
KA/HMV/SS
No comments:
Post a Comment