Over the last decade, the government of President Hamid Karzai chided international forces about civilian casualties.
The Afghan security forces currently number about 225,000, and NATO forces about 150,000.
Afterward, someone told the Taliban that it was Hazaras that had tipped off the Special Operations forces about the house.
"I am in discussion with the senior members of the armed forces about how best to do that.
She says she has not heard grumbles from the pro-democracy forces about being ambassador for a military regime.
And bit by bit, US forces, about which British commanders had initially been so dismissive, got better at counter-insurgency.
Of the 310 deaths attributed to pro-government forces, about two-thirds were caused by American airstrikes.
He added that there was an ongoing dialogue with the different forces about humanitarian access to those in need.
According to the Pentagon, there are now 963 generals and admirals leading the armed forces, about 100 more than on Sept. 11, 2001.
When I asked Mutlaq whether they would interview the security forces about who ordered the attack, he shook his head, almost amused at the question.
When I asked a high-ranking official in the Chechen security forces about the case, he waved off any suggestion that there was cause for worry.
