Eight Green Berets Reprimanded for 2018 Death of Afghan Detainee

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I have mixed feelings on this one, but I suspect the best route for the SF gents would have been to just admit to it and claim they were not aware of the severity of the injuries and got carried away:

Eight Green Berets Reprimanded for 2018 Death of Afghan Detainee

"Eight US Army Special Forces (SF) soldiers, members of the 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) out of Eglin Air Force Base Florida, have been issued memoranda of reprimand in the 2018 death of an Afghan commando who perpetrated a Green on Blue attack which resulted in the death of a Coalition soldier.

For the uninitiated, a Green on Blue attack is how NATO describes attacks on NATO and Coalition forces in Afghanistan by Afghan security forces.

The camp heightened its security posture following the shooting. Jaguar 50, a call sign for the Special Forces team’s JTAC (a close air support specialist), spotted an individual crawling towards the camp with a satchel when helicopters came to evacuate the Czech casualties.

The individual with the satchel was closely observed but not fired upon."

Cont:

https://sofrep.com/news/eight-green-berets-reprimanded-for-2018-death-of-afghan-detainee/

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The significant portion is this:

The soldiers were accused of beating the prisoner to death, twisting his testicles, and slamming him against a breaker box as part of an interrogation. This is according to a civilian translator who testified as part of a long-term criminal investigation.

So they beat the guy to death, and didn’t bother to try and keep him alive. While I have little real sympathy for the Afghan in question, I can’t say I have any for the SF guys either. They were angry, sloppy, and killed a source of intel because of it.

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Khan should have been interrogated and then shot as a spy.