So the US has done a good job of protecting them. (You don't _seriously_ think the Taliban has just turned a blind eye, do you?)

Still, it'll hardly embolden anyone who might've been considering becoming an informant.

So, fair enough of you to presume no killings have eventuated _yet_, but it's a diversion from the main point: you can't call it a step forward in the struggle for freedom and democracy in Afghanistan.