United States of America and Afghanistan on 8 April 2012 signed MoU on the controversial issue of conduct of night raids on Afghan homes. It empowered the Afghan security forces oversight over the raids led by the US troops. The agreement leads to a more comprehensive long-term strategic partnership agreement between the two nations after the departure of all foreign troops from Afghanistan in 2014. The issue of night raids was a big hurdle in the way of the strategic partnership agreement.
Afghanistan had repeatedly described the night raids a violation of its sovereignty and called for stopping them immediately. However, the US forces had always maintained that night raids were important and effective in dealing with insurgency.
USA and Afghanistan signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Night Raids
By Jagran Josh
Apr 9, 2012, 11:24 IST
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