Essay On War Crime In Afghanistan

War Crimes in Afghanistan

Afghanistan has been a country filled with violence for over 30 years. Today, most of the media covers only the progress in rebuilding the country. There have been some improvements in Afghanistan, however, the war crimes, and the human rights abuses haven’t received as much attention. The Soviet Union, the United states, the Taliban and Pakistani ISI have been the culprits of the war crimes in Afghanistan. . During the Soviet war, over one million afghans were killed, and millions more were wounded. There were numerous eye witnesses on the cruelty and murder. One such act, was observed by a doctor in September of 1984 who witnessed Soviet troops in an Afghan village: "They tied them up and piled them like wood. They poured gasoline over them and burned them alive." An Afghan resistance leader recounted how Soviet soldiers treated civilians who were left behind when another village was abandoned, "The Russians tied dynamite to their backs and blew them up." Another eyewitness described a

The Taliben is an Islamic fundamentalist group that ruled Afghanistan from 1996 until 2001. It was formed in the early 1990s, by an Afghan faction of mujahideen, with the help of the U.S. CIA (Central Intelligence Agency), and the Pakistani ISI (Inter-Services Intelligence directorate). The Talibs entered Kandahar in November 1994, to calm the disorderly city. In 1996, they seized the capital city from the President Burhanuddin Rabbani, and controlled 90% of the country. The evidence that supports the human rights abuses are numerous. Reports by human rights investigators, indicate that on August 8, 1998, Taliban militiamen slaughtered 5,000 civilians. Reportedly, the Taliban militiamen tracked down members of the Hazara ethnic group (which were considered as enemies to the Taliban) were killed, in many different ways. Some were shot, others were put to the