The plight of Afghan security contractors highlights the legal and moral risks of outsourcing war
- Written by Anna Powles, Senior Lecturer in Security Studies, Massey University
By first denying and then granting visas to more than 100 Afghan contractors who guarded its embassy in Kabul, Australia has shone a light on the murky world of the private security industry.
According to the lawyer and former army officer representing the security guards, his clients had yet to receive the humanitarian visas and the about-face was...
