HRW Urges US, Allies to Investigate Alleged War Crimes in Afghanistan and Compensate Victims
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On 7 October 2001, in response to the attacks of 11 September, the United States launched a military campaign in Afghanistan, a country hosting Al-Qaeda bases. US forces withdrew in August 2021, when the Taliban returned to power, but impunity persisted for abuses committed by all sides.
Afghans yet to receive ‘genuine justice’ for Western coalition abuses: HRW
LONDON: Afghans subjected to war crimes and human rights abuses by US-led coalition forces in the country have not received “genuine justice,” Human Rights Watch has said. The organization cited “beatings, humiliation, waterboarding, prolonged sleep deprivation, and mock executions” among numerous crimes committed following the invasion of Afghanistan in the wake of the 9/11 terror attacks on the US. “Twenty-five years on, Afghans tortured in US…
HRW Urges US, Allies to Investigate Alleged War Crimes in Afghanistan and Compensate Victims
Human Rights Watch has called on the United States and other countries involved in the Afghanistan war to investigate alleged war crimes and serious abuses by their forces and provide compensation to victims and their families, saying Afghans still have no clear path to justice 25 years after the conflict began. In a statement marking […]
Human Rights Watch Urges US and Other Afghanistan War Parties to Investigate Alleged War Crimes – KabulNow
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the United States and other countries involved in the war in Afghanistan between 2001 and 2021 to investigate alleged war crimes committed by their forces and provide reparations to victims. In a statement published on Sunday, October 4, the rights organization said that 25 years after the beginning of the US-led war in Afghanistan, Afghans who were wrongfully harmed or killed continue …
Human Rights Watch has said that 25 years after the war in Afghanistan began on October 7, 2001, the United States and coalition countries have still not provided reparations for war crimes and human rights violations in Afghanistan. The post US and coalition countries have not provided reparations for war crimes and human rights violations in Afghanistan appeared first on Rukhshana Media.
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