Night Raids - Raid Now, Ask Later

It’s clear, however, that night raids will continue in Afghanistan. Since December, there have been “more than 350″ night raids, Kirby said, all of them joint operations with Afghan commandos. The teams found their man in 75 percent of the missions, and only fired a shot during 31 night raids. (That works out to, conservatively, nearly three night raids every night since December, an index of how important the U.S. considers those operations.)
Kirby’s suggesting that there’s no daylight between how U.S. and Afghan forces perceive the importance of the night raids. It’s worth pointing out that the Afghans know who’s paying for their military, so perhaps they’ll approve those warrants. But it’s also worth pointing out that Karzai has long demanded an end to them — at least in public. MORE HERE