Claude Lepage, a former Canadian army commander who spent 22 years in the Canadian Armed Forces, has said that after reporting the killing and targeting of civilians by his comrades during the war in Afghanistan, he faced unjust treatment.
According to Canadian media outlet The Globe and Mail, this member of the Canadian military stated that after submitting information about the killing of Afghan civilians by his colleagues during the years 2005 to 2008 to his commander, he was dismissed from the army.
The commander is now suing the Canadian federal government.
The media report stated: "The lawsuit alleges that in 2006 Lepage witnessed a Canadian soldier fire five bullets into an unarmed civilian who had his arms raised. Lepage says he reported the ‘execution’ to his chain of command but claims the ensuing internal investigation did not take the allegation seriously."
NATO member forces, including those from Britain and Australia, have been accused of committing war crimes in Afghanistan.
Earlier, The Guardian had reported that at least 80 Afghan citizens were killed during British Special Forces operations in Helmand province between 2010 and 2013.
The Guardian's report also stated that a single British soldier killed 35 Afghan citizens during a six-month deployment in Helmand.
"The current government and international human rights organizations should investigate this matter," Mohammad Aslam Danishmal, a political analyst, told TOLOnews.
"It is necessary for the Islamic Emirate to gather evidence and form a case on all these crimes and officially register it in the International Court, so that a case is opened against the countries responsible for human rights violations," said Edris Mohammadi Zazai, another political analyst.
Earlier, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported that Richard Marles, the Defense Minister of Australia, has stripped distinguished service medals from a number of current and former Defence officers over alleged war crimes that happened under their command in Afghanistan.