The British Army in Afghanistan uses paratroopers

As a result of operations of special amphibious units of the British army (SAS) in Afghanistan, throwing German shepherds with video cameras mounted on their heads at the Taliban bases, at least eight animals were killed, the Guardian reports.

This tactic was borrowed from US special forces, but the British Defense Ministry refused to comment on the report on the operations of the airborne troops. It is assumed that dogs were trained to attack armed people. According to the source, if people were in the place of dogs, then eight people would have died.

The special units of the airborne troops, which had previously carried out "kill or capture" missions in Iraq, were transferred to Afghanistan in the last two years, where they carried out operations to "decapitate" Taliban troops in Helmand and Kandahar provinces. Last month, British newspapers reported that SAS forces were "industrialized" in destroying the Taliban in Helmand province. According to Anthony King, a professor at Exeter University, British special forces in Afghanistan "tend to act on the principle of" kill or seize. "

At the same time, animal rights activists are outraged by the use of dogs in the operations of British special forces in Afghanistan. Representatives of the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) movement stated: “Dogs are not tools and not“ innovations ”, they are not our property to use them, and then throw them away like cartridges,” the newspaper quotes.

The publication recalls that dogs were previously used for military purposes. So, during the Second World War, the Soviet army sent dogs bound with explosives to German Tanks and armored personnel carriers, where the explosive device was actuated by a detonator. However, the main problem with the use of "anti-tank dogs" was the fact that, with the sounds of fire, they tended to scuttle into the Soviet trenches, undermining their own comrades, the newspaper writes.