Afghans Await Justice 25 Years After War Began

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Mourners at a mass funeral for victims of a US drone strike, including seven children, look up as fighter jets circle a cemetery in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 30, 2021. © 2021 Marcus Yam/The Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (Washington, DC) – The United States and coalition countries have yet to provide genuine justice or redress for war crimes and other grave abuses in Afghanistan in the 25 years since the war began on October 7, 2001, Human Rights Watch said today, issuing a timeline of its reporting of the conflict. After Al-Qaeda’s September 11 attacks…

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