The International Human Rights Watch has asked the figurehead leader of the Kabul Administration Ashraf Ghani in a statement last Monday that he should not be silent versus the assertions made by his Army Chief, who said: “laws of armed conflict do not apply to his soldiers”.

According to the statement, the so-called Army Chief of Kabul Administration Qadam Shah Shaheem told his soldiers in Badakhshan province on 14^th June that there were no restrictions on the use of heavy weapons against Mujahideen and nor there is restrictions on night raids. The soldiers will not be sent to prison for they offer sacrifices.

The International Human Rights Watch says that such kinds of assertions causes civilian casualties. It is also surprising to HRW as to why Ashraf Ghani is silent in this regard while he considers himself as the supreme commander of the Armed forces. The HRW statement further says, this is not the first time that the new Army Chief of Kabul Administration gives remarks against laws of war but previously the Chief of Kandahar Police Abdul Razaq, the Police Chief of Baghlan Aminullah Amirkhel and Police Chief of Hisarak District Abdul Khaliq Maroof have also ordered his troops that whenever you detain Mujahideen, do not let keep them alive!

It is also worth mentioning that these commanders and the Army Chief are not the only officials who have given such remarks but some time ago the so called Interior Minister Olumi has also uttered such assertions.

This is not strange and unusual why the officials of Kabul Administration utter such assertions and their leaders are silent because they are committing such atrocities every day. The unusual point is that HRW asks Ashraf Ghani only to denounce the assertion of Qadam Shah but it fails to receive response.

If we look into the realties we will find that from the beginning of the establishment of Kabul Administration until now they have not only violated laws of war but have also defied all human and Islamic rules and values. This situation is still continuing. Their military plans and personnel which take roots from western training are not committed to any human, Islamic and national values nor do they feel any sense of responsibility. They are involved in human atrocities, violence, immoral acts and in the use and trafficking of drugs. They are blood-thirsty and get pleasure staining people in their blood.

It shows the real face of Ashraf Ghani who utters palatable and appealing assertions about peace, prosperity and rule of law but practically is silent in front of such war crimes which take place under the hierarchy of his command. It also exposes the fact who in reality is responsible for most of the civilian casualties?

Furthermore, instead of publishing of statements, the International human rights organizations and other related entities should extensively corporate Afghan nation and the Islamic Emirate for the obtainment of freedom and protection of human values in light of the ground realties. So, the Afghan nation would get rid of the nightmare of occupation and lead an independent and prosperous life under the shadow of their beliefs and aspirations.

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Carol Anne Grayson is an independent writer/researcher on global health/human rights and is Executive Producer of the Oscar nominated, Incident in New Baghdad . She is a Registered Mental Nurse with a Masters in Gender Culture and Development. Carol was awarded the ESRC, Michael Young Prize for Research 2009, and the COTT ‘Action = Life’ Human Rights Award’ for “upholding truth and justice”. She is also a survivor of US “collateral damage”.