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| New Study Reveals Massive Crimes Committed in Kunduz |
| 2015-10-17 |
| [Tolo News] The findings of a study by the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) reveal distressing crimes were committed by the Taliban and their affiliates during their siege on the northern city of Kunduz about three weeks ago. Murder, rape, looting, torture and beating, assassination'>assassinations, taking of hostages, sheltering in civilian homes, freeing prisoners, blocking roads and preventing civil services were among the crimes revealed by the AIHRC in a report issued on Friday. Nearly 50 non-combatants were killed including a school teacher and 350 others were maimed after the Taliban stormed the city, the report said. Based on the findings, 15 of those killed were attacked when they were fleeing their homes. "When the holy warriors stormed Kunduz city, either they paved grounds for the violation of human rights ...which are usually entirely different from personal liberty... or they violated the rights themselves," AIHRC front man Raifullah Bedar told TOLOnews. The report confirmed that women and girls were raped in Kunduz. However the Taliban has repeatedly rejected these claims as untrue. "The report states that a number of people visited our [Kunduz] office and said women were raped there," the front man said. According to the findings, the Taliban had violated human's rights by attacking the civilians and sheltering in their homes. The Taliban attack on Kunduz has left more than 100,000 residents displaced, it added. The commission says that the Taliban and their affiliates are responsible for all the crimes in Kunduz except for the bombings on a hospital belonging to "Doctors without Borders." At least 22 people were killed, including 12 staff members of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) hospital after it came under and However the commission appointed by President Ashraf Ghani ...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money. .. to investigate the fall of Kunduz has intensified its works. Ghani said during his visit to Kunduz on Friday that the initial findings of the task team showed that the people of Kunduz do not need food, instead they need a good system. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Afghan Forces did not clear the city before taking checkpoints. We all know what it is like to not know who has your 6. It means there was no security. Let's not make this practice, Men. |
| Posted by: newc 2015-10-17 02:44 |