
Maj. Jason Brezler is being kicked out of the military after more than 15 years of service for warning fellow Marines in 2012 that a Taliban-linked Afghan police commander working at their post in southern Afghanistan was corrupt and sexually abusing boys, the Washington Post recently reported.
by Edwin Mora2 Dec 2015, 8:09 PM PST0

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sexual abuse of young boys by powerful men in Afghanistan, a common practice that was punishable by death under Taliban rule, was “resurrected” after the terrorist group’s regime was overthrown by the U.S.-led invasion in 2001, reports a federal watchdog agency.
by Edwin Mora3 Nov 2015, 6:55 PM PST0

The Office of the Inspector General (IG) at the Department of Defense (IG), the Pentagon’s top watchdog, announced Tuesday that it will “immediately” begin an investigation into the U.S. military’s response to allegations of child sexual abuse by Afghan security forces.
by Edwin Mora28 Oct 2015, 9:23 AM PST0

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain (R-AZ) should hold up the nomination for the next Secretary of the Army until the military overturns its decision to kick out a decorated Green Beret for striking a child rapist, according to Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA).
by Edwin Mora24 Sep 2015, 2:24 PM PST0

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL) does not believe the Pentagon’s claim that U.S. troops in Afghanistan are not being told to ignore the sexual abuse of children by Afghan security forces, according to the lawmaker’s office.
by Edwin Mora23 Sep 2015, 2:39 PM PST0

(CNN) The two U.S. soldiers say they used physical force to drive home their message to the Afghan police commander who had been sexually abusing a boy.
by Breitbart News23 Sep 2015, 6:18 AM PST0

The American command in Afghanistan has told U.S. service members to ignore child rape by Afghan soldiers and police officers, reports The New York Times (NYT).
by Edwin Mora21 Sep 2015, 12:59 PM PST0

United States soldiers should tolerate all Afghan customs even if they go against American values of morality, suggested Col. Steve Johnson, referring to a decorated Green Beret who has been reprimanded by the U.S. Army for “striking” a child rapist in Afghanistan in September 2011.
by Edwin Mora2 Sep 2015, 5:34 PM PST0

Sgt. 1st Class Charles Martland, a decorated Green Beret, is being involuntary separated from the U.S. Army for standing up to an Afghan local police (ALP) commander accused of raping a 12-year-old boy in September 2011 and subsequently beating his mother when she reported the crime.
by Edwin Mora21 Aug 2015, 6:09 PM PST0