<<Patton fought men who didn't hide amongst the civilians. Sad to think the the Germans were more courageous and honorable than the Taliban and other insurgents. >>
You're assuming that the targets of the Death Squads are the enemy's fighting men, who unlike the courageous and honourable Nazis, do not hide amongst civilians.
The impression that I got from the actual report was that the targets were civilian supporters of the fighting men, rather than the fighters themselves; as we know, the U.S. murderers seem to kill in environments where nobody is shooting at them, although they lie like troopers in fabricating great "battle stories" to cover their massacres. Here, for example is what the actual Counterpunch report said:
<<Now, in Afghanistan, the promulgation of what’s called the Joint Prioritized Engagement List (JPEL) gives license to execute extra-judicially anyone whose name shows up on the list. If bribing or coercing Afghan tribal leaders fails to convince them that they need to align with the occupiers against indigenous insurgents, they may then be consigned to the JPEL.>>
There is no indication that those on the JPEL are fighting men and in fact, that the assassinations take place in private homes seems to indicate that they are targeting individuals who are NOT part of a fighting unit in the field.