Xinhua: More than 20 years on, many Afghan civilians are still haunted by the U.S. cluster bomb attacks in its so-called war on terror in Afghanistan. Check out some victims recounting their miserable experiences of blood and tears. Click here to read more (external link).
The New Arab: Evidence and public pressure is mounting in an inquiry into British special forces accused of torture and unlawful killings in Afghanistan, despite government efforts to cover up any involvement. “According to the BBC report, unarmed Afghans were routinely shot to death ‘in cold blood’ by Special Air Service troops during nighttime raids,
Al Jazeera: British special forces are at the heart of an inquiry into allegations of unlawful activity in Afghanistan, the United Kingdom’s defence ministry has confirmed. Defence Minister Ben Wallace commissioned the independent probe in December 2022; it will also consider accusations that the Royal Military Police’s (RMP) investigation of unlawful killings by special forces
Tolo News: The relatives of the victims of a village in Mata Khan district of Paktika which was raided by foreign troops 15 years ago, are calling for compensation and justice. The residents of Ibrahim Kariz village said that 40 villagers including women and children were killed in the raid. Click here to read more
The Guardian (UK): Eighty Afghans may have been victim of summary killings by three separate British SAS units operating in the country between 2010 and 2013, lawyers representing the bereaved families have told a public inquiry. One of the elite soldiers is believed to have “personally killed” 35 Afghans on a single six-month tour of
Ariana: Russia’s representative at the UN Human Rights Council session in Geneva on Monday called for continued investigations into war crimes by the US and NATO in Afghanistan. Addressing the council’s 53rd Session, Russian diplomat Yaroslav Yeryomin said: “The international community needs to remember about the war crimes that the US and NATO militaries committed
Alarabiya News: Australia’s most decorated war veteran, found by a civil court to have played a part in the murder of four Afghans while serving in Afghanistan, said he was devastated by what he called an “incorrect” judgement and he would not apologize for his actions. In his first public comments since the court ruling,
Tolo News: Families of victims of night operations of foreign forces in Chak Maidan Wardak district are demanding justice from international courts and human rights organizations. They called the event a war crime and asked the international courts to punish the perpetrators for their actions. Shams Rahman, one of the relatives of the victims, said
Tolo News: The “Taliban” have committed the war crime of collective punishment against civilians in Afghanistan’s Panjshir province, Amnesty International said in a new report published on Thursday. “Civilians targeted with torture and unlawful killings; detainees subjected to extrajudicial executions, mass arbitrary arrests and detention intended to intimidate local population. Thousands of people are being
Ariana: The United States has warned that allegations of war crimes against Australian soldiers in Afghanistan could prevent U.S. forces from working with Australia’s Special Air Service Regiment, Australia’s defense force chief said on Wednesday. Gen. Angus Campbell told a Senate committee that he received a letter from the U.S. defense attache in Canberra in