I will note right up front that while there was no confusion between the Hessians and the British as to who was the responsible party, that line is nowhere near as clear in Afghanistan.

The hand of the United State is heavy upon the formation of GIRoA, and in bringing the Northern Alliance to power as well as sustaining them in power. So many of these charges that are clearly levied against the British crown in 1776 must be analyzed more closely in the Afghan context where there is almost always at least some degree of shared culpability between GIRoA and the U.S., and to a lesser degree the rest of the Coalition. Perhaps the rest of the Coalition matches more closely with the Hessian forces described here.