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Afghanistan parliament calls for regulation of foreign forces in wake of air strikes

By Bernard Hibbitts (editor) and University of Pittsburgh School of Law students.

[JURIST] Afghanistan's Wolesi Jirga, the lower house of the Afghan parliament, on Monday demanded that restrictions be placed on foreign forces to avoid further civilian casualties before recessing in protest of recent air strikes. Wolesi Jirga secretary Abdul Sattar Khawaasi said that parliament has given the government one week to come up with a plan to regulate US and other foreign troops. Afghan President Hamid Karzai also called for an end to US air strikes on Friday after attacks last week reportedly left more than 140 civilians dead. US President Barack Obama's national security adviser retired Gen. James Jones told ABC Sunday that the US would not end air strikes. On Saturday, the US-led coalition in Afghanistan and the Afghan government issued a joint statement admitting that civilians were killed in last week's attacks. No numbers were released, as the statement said it was impossible to tell how many civilians and how many Taliban members were killed. On Sunday, the US replaced its top commander in Afghanistan General David McKiernan with Lieutenant General Stanley McChrystal after McKiernan had spent only 11 months on the job.

Full post as published by JURIST - The Paper Chase on May 11, 2009 (boomark / email).