Government changes tack in Afghanistan following attacks
This was the main topic of discussion for Polish PM Donald Tusk during his Saturday visit to the Afghan headquarters of coalition forces. The Defense Ministry is also planning to change its regulations so that soldiers can use guns without the threat of being imprisoned for accidental killing of civilians.
"Our soldiers are in a war and they must be certain that the Polish state and Polish law defend them in a situation when they have to shoot," stressed the PM.
Paweł Graś, deputy chairman of the Sejm special forces commission, who was also in Afghanistan, added that "Following the tragedy in Nangar Khel, they are paralyzed with fear about shooting. In war, it cannot be that a soldier considers ten times whether to shoot or whether he would be chased by a prosecutor."
Sources: Dziennik, Gazeta Wyborcza (M.M.)
"Our soldiers are in a war and they must be certain that the Polish state and Polish law defend them in a situation when they have to shoot," stressed the PM.
Paweł Graś, deputy chairman of the Sejm special forces commission, who was also in Afghanistan, added that "Following the tragedy in Nangar Khel, they are paralyzed with fear about shooting. In war, it cannot be that a soldier considers ten times whether to shoot or whether he would be chased by a prosecutor."
Sources: Dziennik, Gazeta Wyborcza (M.M.)
