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Afghanistan : War crimes of American and allied forces (April, 2013)

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On 2nd April 2013, the invaders detained 2 civilians during a raid in Bazgir area of Deh-Rauot district in Urzgan province and took them to an unknown location.

On 4th April, the joint forces pulled out 50 civilians out of their houses during joint operations in Badrab area of Tagab district in Kapisa province and then took them away with themselves as prisoners.

On 4th April, 4 civilians were arrested by the invading forces in the Hapt-asia (i.e. 7 mills) area of Said-Abad district in Maidan Wardak province.

On 5th April, the intruding forces made a heavy bombing in the Siltan valley area of Shaigal district in Konar province. Having bombed the village, the intruders and internal forces opened fire in which 22 civilians, including women, aged people and children were martyred. This incident has been confirmed by the provincial officials of Karzai administration.

On 5th April, the trespassing forces detained 9 chieftains in Akhcha district of Balkh province. These chieftains were travelling from Balkh to Shabarghan province while they were brought down from a passenger van and were taken to an unknown location.

On 5th April, a civilian was martyred by the Arbaki militia in the Shaikh area of Baraki-Barak district in Logar province just on the accusation that his brother had contacts with Taliban.

On 7th April, the Arbaki militia have forcefully taken out a civilian from his house and built a check post inside the house in the Gulo village of Shilgar district in Ghazni province. The local people told the media that Arbakis entered the village at 7 o’clock in the evening. They forced out the children of Haji Sa’duddin from their house and then built their check post inside the house.

On 8th April, the invading forces martyred 2 countrymen during a raid in the Nao-Abad village of Chashma-Mayan inside Ishkamish district of Takhar province.

On 9th April, the American special force and the internal soldiers raided the house of a civilian named Haji Khairullah in the Kotwal area related to Tarinkot city, the centre of Urzgan province. They martyred him and then badly damaged his house. The official workers of Urzgan province have confirmed this incident and said that the person killed was a national merchant and had a showroom for selling vehicles in the city.

On 10th April, the invaders opened fire on a 302 model Mercedes bus on the main Herat-Kandahar highway near Guzra district of Herat province in which 1 civilian was martyred and 2 other were wounded. The eye witnesses told the media that the bus was following the caravan of the invaders; all of a sudden, they opened fire on the bus and this incident took place.

On 11th April, the invading forces raided the Alizai area of Shilgar district in Ghazni province. They inflicted financial losses on the civilians during search operation. They have beaten up the white-bearded, young ones and children and have tormented them.

On 14th April, a civilian, who had come from Pusht-i-Koh district for shopping, was martyred by the national security forces in the central city of Farah province.

On 14th April, the invading forces bombed different areas of Chack district in Maidan-Wardak province. Three civilians were martyred including a student and three children were injured in the bombing. Heavy losses were inflicted on the houses and crops of the people in this bombing. According to the eye witnesses, the area was bombed while neither Taliban were present in the region nor any confrontation took place there.

On 17th April, the intruding forces raided the house of a tribal head named Haji Mirza Mangal during a night search operation in ‘Batooli’ village of Chamkani district of Paktia province. He was martyred by them and 4 other members of the family including a woman were detained. This incident was confirmed and condemned by the provincial authorities of Paktia province.

On 17th April, two civilians were martyred in the invaders’ raid in Qari-Saddi area of Marja district in Helmond province. Three more persons were arrested by these forces.

On 18th April, the occupying forces caused 180 civilian countrymen to work under duress. They forced the people to fill clay bags for making trenches for themselves.

On 19th April, the Arbaki militias have severely beaten 70 civilians Qazal-Qala area and Kami bazaar of Sayyad district in Saripul province after the commander vehicle became the victim of a landmine. The heads of some white-bearded people were broken in this incident.

In 19th April, a civilian was martyred and another was wounded in a drone attack in Karaiz area of Garmawak in Maiwand district of Kandahar province.

On 19th April, the trespassers invaded the Lal-Maidan 1st and 2nd area of Ali-Abad district in Kunduz province. They have inflicted heavy losses on the people during search operation.

On 19th April, the occupiers have detained 4 civilians during a raid in Oad-Kala area related to the centre of Logar province.

On 20th April, the occupiers raided the Kuram-Khail area of Tagab district in Kapisa province in the series of night operations. They have searched the houses and eventually have martyred 2 civilians.

On 21st April, a Mulla Imam (one who leads the congregational prayers) named Moulavi Mihrabuddin was severely beaten and then martyred just on the accusation that he has participated in the funeral prayers of Taliban. Similarly, the Arbaki militias have closed up the big religious madrassa (school) of Moulavi Abdul Wahhab in Chotra area of Azra district in Logar province. According to the local people, the head of the Arbakis named Soorbatikhail came along with his gunmen to the area and raided the madrassa of Moulavi Abdul Wahhab. First they detained Moulavi Sahib and a number of civilian people and then beat them up. According to the local people, the Arbakis have beaten and tormented the villagers because they were not sending their youths to the notorious process of Arbakism.

On 21st April, one Mulla Imam including two other civilians were detained by the internal forces in Ancha-Gul area of Nari district in Konar province.

On 21st April, two Taliban belonging to a local madrassa who were playing football, were martyred by the invaders in the suburbs of Balkh district of Balkh province.

On 23rd April, the invaders detained a civilian countryman in Pathan area of Chinarto district in Urzgan province.

On 25th April, 4 nomads were either killed or wounded in a joint military exercise in the suburbs of Arghandab district in Kandahar province. This incident has been acknowledged by the invaders too.

On 26th April, an 11 years old boy was martyred in a drone attack of the occupiers in Tavali area of Shahwali-Kot district in Kandahar province.

On 29th April, four civilian countrymen were martyred in the invaders’ firing in Mano and Guldara areas of Chaprihar district in Nangarhar province.

On 29th April, the Arbakis burnt 2 civilian houses in Charsad Khani area of Mara-Mor district in Daikundi province.

Sources:[Radio BBC, Radio Liberty, Afghan Islamic News Agency, Pazwak, Roohi websit, Lar & Bar, Nan.Asia and Benawa.]

Ce blog est personnel, la rédaction n’est pas à l’origine de ses contenus.