S. Soldiers Told To Ignore Sexual Abuse Of Boys By Joseph Goldstein

A number of men and women around the world join the military in order to fight for their country and protect its citizens from any danger, either from outsiders or from within. Sometimes, it takes two different governments to come together despite their differences. But what if those in charge are the ones abusing their power and instead of protecting its people, they are causing a disservice and putting them in horrendous situations. In “U.S. Soldiers Told to Ignore Sexual Abuse of Boys by Afghan Allies”, the author, Joseph Goldstein digs deeper inside the war that is currently going on with Taliban where the American government became allies with the Afghan local policemen to fight the Taliban. But instead of making a safe haven for these citizens, Afghan residents have said the American government has caused more pain than happiness. This article reports that the Afghan local police are sexually abusing young boys and American militias are told to look the …show more content…
Not only are the Afghan local police sexually abusing young boys, the local police are also extorting protection money from farmers, commit rape and steal from their own. In the article “Why Afghanistan is going to fall to the Taliban Again. And it’s Not Why You Think” Ryan Grim states “over the past few years, faith in the government and the warlords who were allied with the government, never strong but rapidly diminished. Police forces installed by the American Specials Forces were largely unaccountable” Adding this to the sexual abuse, the village elders complaints are being ignored, the residents of Afghan have installed this trust in not only their local police but the American government, but each time they are let down and becoming more fearful of the local police than the