Michael Hughes: Shortly after President Donald Trump drew national opprobrium for daring to suggest that the United States was not “so innocent” when it came to killing, military forces under his command – as if on cue – killed 18 noncombatants, mostly women and children, in Afghanistan’s Helmand province. This latest episode of so-called collateral damage is yet another manifestation of phenomena prevalent in Afghanistan since 2001, that being contempt for the law and lack of respect for human life – two attributes most “killers” share. Click here to read more.