Afghanistan orders probe into NATO-led operation
Afghanistan has ordered an investigation into a NATO-led operation in the country’s east central region, which triggered angry local protests, Press TV reports.
The Monday operation, which involved American forces, destroyed a weapons cache in the Parwan Province, sparking demonstrations that briefly closed a highway.
President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah ordered the investigation into the operation.
"An investigating delegation has been sent to the area and the Resolute Support commanders have been asked for an explanation," said Abdullah's deputy spokesman Javid Faisal, referring to NATO's mission in Afghanistan.
Enraged local residents have argued that the munitions should have been relocated away from residential areas before being destroyed.
"They were complaining that if there was a weapons cache that needed destroying it should have been destroyed far away from the residential areas," Zaman said.
The US and its allies invaded Afghanistan in 2001 as part of Washington’s so-called war on terror. The country, however, continues to be the scene of deadly violence despite the military campaign by Washington and its allies.
The US-led combat mission in Afghanistan formally ended on December 31, 2014. However, at least 13,500 foreign forces, mainly from the United States, have remained in Afghanistan in what Washington calls a support mission.
Tens of thousands of Afghans have fallen victim to the US-led war in Afghanistan, with thousands of foreign troops, mainly Americans, killed during the time span. Afghanistan
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