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Archive for July 1st, 2008

AFGHANISTAN: GOVERNOR SAYS COALITION BOMBS KILL TALEBAN, CIVILIANS IN AFGHAN SOUTHWEST

Posted by warvictims on July 1, 2008

Text of report by private Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press news agency

Herat, 30 June: Bombing raids have inflicted casualties on the Taleban and civilians in Nimroz. A statement issued by the press office of the coalition forces in Kabul says that their soldiers were fired on while searching homes in Khashrod District last night. A number of the Taleban were killed and one was captured alive in retaliation and bombing raids. Read the rest of this entry »

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AFGHANISTAN: Afghan paper accuses US, British forces of human rights violations

Posted by warvictims on July 1, 2008

By BBC Monitoring South Asia

Text of an editorial in Dari entitled: “Crime under the pretext of fighting the enemy”, published by privately-owned Afghan newspaper Rah-e Nejat on 28 July

Over the course of its history, Afghanistan has been the scene of heartbreaking war crimes and massive violations of rights of its people. These crimes and violations of rights continued till the end of the Taleban regime, when such crimes had reached their climax. Read the rest of this entry »

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