Deeply important report from @CostsOfWar on airstrikes in Afghanistan, showing just how crucial rules of engagement matter in limiting the number of civilians killed or harmed
https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/files/cow/imce/papers/2020/Rising%20Civilian%20Death%20Toll%20in%20Afghanistan_Costs%20of%20War_Dec%207%202020.pdf …
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'When the US tightensits rules of engagement & restrictsairstrikes... civilian casualties tend to go down; when it loosens those restrictions, civilians are injured & killed in greater numbers' Common sense, but anyone who's worked for civilian protection knows...
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It often does little to counter arguments about loosening those restrictions. Still, this report is important because adds more evidence to the debate. And because the airstrikes aren't over. It's just the Afghan airforce now executing most of them
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'Between July and the end of September, the Afghan Air Force killed 70 civilians and 90 civilians were injured.' So, almost one a day killed and injured, each. And, to be clear, at least some of this would be avoidable with tighter AAF rules of engagement.
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But all of this is difficult to advocate for if the US - or others - refuse to be transparent about how many airstrikes they are actually carrying out (which they stopped disclosing in March)pic.twitter.com/13hBcxg9mE
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