On October 22 this year, an Afghan soldier shot three Czech troops in a “green-on-blue incident”, killing one. Afghan security forces captured the shooter and handed him over to the Czechs, who beat him to death. This was an understandable and in fact morally acceptable alternative to turning the prisoner over to a legal system that has lost the trust of those it ostensibly serves through its inability to deliver justice.
What would have happened had the Czechs turned the man, Wahidullah Khan, over alive to the proper authorities? He would have been interrogated; the interrogation would determine whether Khan acted on behalf of others or — often happens — for personal reasons. The problem is what happens next.