Impunity for killing Afghan civilians mockery of US claim of ‘defending democracy & human rights’

CCTV: A few days ago, the Pentagon decided not to impose any form of punishment on military personnel who took part in the Kabul drone strike that killed 10 civilians in Afghanistan. However, earlier this year, a former US Air Force intelligence analyst who saw the killing of Afghan civilians by US drone strike was sentenced to 45 months in prison for disclosing relevant information to a reporter. Do you have any comment? Wang Wenbin: What you just said makes a mockery of the US claim of defending democracy, human rights and rule of law. US military personnel that killed Afghan civilians were granted impunity while the person who revealed the truth was criminalized. US troops that committed war crimes in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria were not prosecuted while Julian Assange, a publisher who exposed these crimes, may face life imprisonment. The innocent Afghan civilians killed by the US drone strike will never see the world again and their families have to cope with the agonizing loss of their love