The United States and Afghan governments are not adequately investigating possible causes of unlawful airstrikes in Afghanistan, which may contribute to rising civilian casualties, Human Rights Watch said.
 
Recent accounts from airstrike victims and witnesses in Nangarhar and other Afghan provinces uncovered major failings in US and Afghan investigations of civilian deaths, injuries, and property damage – notably the unwillingness to interview witnesses and obtain other evidence on site, the watchdog said in a statement.
 
Human Rights Watch says it has found that the Afghan government has developed almost no capacity to investigate civilian casualties arising from its military operations.
 
In this episode of Mehwar host Masoud Malik discusses the topic with Bilal Siddiqi, spokesman for Afghanistan's Independent Human Rights Commission.