Editing Death squad (section)

==== Afghanistan ====

[[Human Rights Watch]] asserted in a 2019 report that the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] was backing death squads in the [[War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)|War in Afghanistan]].<ref name="HRWV">{{Cite web|title=CIA-Backed 'Death Squads' Are Committing War Crimes in Afghanistan, Report Says|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/cia-backed-death-squads-are-committing-war-crimes-in-afghanistan-report-says/|access-date=2021-08-23|website=Vice.com|date=31 October 2019 |language=en|archive-date=18 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220318170938/https://www.vice.com/en/article/a358a5/cia-backed-death-squads-are-committing-war-crimes-in-afghanistan-report-says|url-status=live}}</ref> The report alleges that the CIA-supported [[History of the Afghan Armed Forces (2002–2021)|Afghan Armed Forces]] committed "[[summary execution]]s and other grave abuses without accountability" over the course of more than a dozen night raids that took place between 2017 and 2019. The death squads allegedly committed "extrajudicial killings of civilians, [[forced disappearance]]s of detainees, and attacks on healthcare facilities that treat insurgents," according to [[Vice (magazine)|''Vice'']]'s reporting on the contents of the Human Rights Watch report.<ref name="HRWV" /> According to the same article, "The forces are recruited, equipped, trained, and deployed under the auspices of the CIA to target insurgents from the [[Taliban]], [[Al-Qaeda|Al Qaeda]], and [[Islamic State|ISIS]]." The article also states these Afghan forces have the ability to call in [[United States Air Force]] airstrikes, which have resulted in the deaths of civilians, including children, and have occurred in civilian areas, including at weddings, parks, and schools.