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September 22, 2015

Report: U.S. Troops Told to Ignore Child Abuse by Afghan Allies 
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U.S. servicemembers have come forward to describe how they were ordered
to ignore child sexual abuse by allies in Afghanistan, even when the
abuse occurred on U.S. bases. The New York Times reports superiors told
servicemembers to look the other way when Afghan colleagues abused boys
because "it's their culture." In one case, Dan Quinn, a former Special
Forces captain, was relieved of his command for beating up an Afghan
militia commander for keeping a boy chained to his bed as a sex slave.

 

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