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Afghanistan
Mass Graves Tied to Last Days of Taliban
2002-04-08
  • A team of investigators traveled to Bamiyan to look into reports of mass graves containing the remains of people killed last fall during the last days of the Taliban. The investigators, from the United Nations and the Afghan government, visited the area after receiving reports from local leaders that they had discovered three large graves around the city. The leaders said the graves were filled with the bodies of Hazaras, members of a minority group that was severely persecuted under the Taliban.

    A local Hazara leader told Agence France-Press that the remains of 35 people, including children, had been found in the three graves. Abdul Satar, a spokesman for the Hazara leader Karim Khalili, told the news agency that many of the bodies had bullet wounds. Manoel de Almeida e Silva, spokesman for the United Nations, said the leaders in Bamiyan believed that the victims were killed during the Taliban's final month in power.
    Hopefully the Hazaras won't forget what happened, especially since it happened continuously while the Talibs were in power. They took it worse than any other Afghan ethnic group.
    Cranky Hermit touches on the pain inflicted on the Hazaras, Shi'ite mongols in a sea of Sunni caucasians, while addressing the stoopid Herrold Afghan Korpse Kount.
    Fred, sometimes bloggers permalinks don't work quite right and you have to manually enter part of the address. (I found this out from some bad experiences of my own.) But if the people wish to go directly to the rant you referenced without having to scroll the other gibberish I've posted since they can click on the link below.
    Posted by CH [crankyhermit.blogspot.com/2002_04_07_crankyhermit_archive.html#75149781] 4/8/2002 6:24:09 PM
    • Posted by:Fred Pruitt

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