“War is deceit,” said Muhammad (Bukhari 4.52.268). The “Palestinians” are past masters at this sort of thing. And the Taliban is learning.
“Taliban coercing, beating locals to allege civilian deaths in Kunduz operations,” Khaama Press, March 23, 2019 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
A day after Afghan armed forces inflicted heavy casualties on Taliban militants in Kunduz, reports emerging from the province suggest that the fighters of Taliban are coercing and beating local residents to allege civilian casualties during the operations.
A Resolute Support spokeswoman SFC Debra Richardson said “There are multiple Afghan reports from the area of the Taliban coercing and beating local Afghan civilians to allege civilians were killed. We have seen this type of reporting in other places as the Taliban attempt to hide their losses by accusing ANDSF and coalition of causing civilians casualties.”
Richardson further added “We are aware of non-combatant casualty claims from those airstrikes. We take all claims seriously and investigate every credible allegation; we review every mission to learn, adapt and improve. We maintain the right to engage the enemy in self-defense and we take every measure to prevent civilian casualties, even as the Taliban intentionally hide behind women and children. We will continue to judiciously and carefully deliver the military pressure necessary to enable a political solution here.”…