Afghanistan 2001
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News on Afghanistan in 2001
- DECEMBER 23, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human...
The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, Kamal Hossain, expressed concern over the death and summary execution of prisoners in Afghanistan
- DECEMBER 22, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Afghanistan has an interim administration which was...
Afghanistan has an interim administration which was inaugurated on 22 December 2001 and which is due to govern for six months
- DECEMBER 21, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Kenton Keith, a spokesman for the US-led coalition...
Kenton Keith, a spokesman for the US-led coalition in Aghanistan said Washington would seek bin Laden's extradition if he was found in Afghanistan, Pakistan or elsewhere
- DECEMBER 21, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
John Walker, the American Taleban fighter, admitted...
John Walker, the American Taleban fighter, admitted that he joined Arab mercenaries financed by Osama bin Laden and attended a training camp run by the al-Qaeda leader
- DECEMBER 16, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Gul Agha Shirzai, the new governor of Kandahar, according...
Gul Agha Shirzai, the new governor of Kandahar, according to multiple accounts, ordered the summary execution of foreign-born Taliban soldiers captured in the last month
- DECEMBER 14, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The Taliban staged so many public executions during...
The Taliban staged so many public executions during their five years in power that Supreme Court Judge Zalmai Payeda lost count
- DECEMBER 12, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Spectral but alive, more than a thousand prisoners...
Spectral but alive, more than a thousand prisoners of the Taliban emerged from a Kandahar jail with tales of torture, starvation and executions inflicted by guards who have since been allowed to join the new administration
- DECEMBER 9, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Osama bin Laden would be handed to the Americans if...
Osama bin Laden would be handed to the Americans if he was captured alive in Afghanistan, Downing Street revealed
- DECEMBER 7, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Nine men who lived in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan...
Nine men who lived in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan have been convicted at the Old Bailey [London's main criminal court] of hijacking a jet and flying it to Stansted airport
- DECEMBER 6, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The last victim of the Taliban was Abdullah, 28, from...
The last victim of the Taliban was Abdullah, 28, from Kandahar, a poet who became a soldier and a father of three
- DECEMBER 4, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The UN Third Committee concluded session by approving...
The UN Third Committee concluded session by approving draft resolutions on human rights in Myanmar, Afghanistan, Iraq, Democratic Republic of Congo
- DECEMBER 2, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The 16 Afghan employees of Shelter Now International...
The 16 Afghan employees of Shelter Now International [arrested with the eight Western aid-workers] were freed when the Northern Alliance forces entered Kabul
- DECEMBER 2, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The man hanged as an alleged American spy in Martyrs'...
The man hanged as an alleged American spy in Martyrs' Square in Kandahar, with a satellite phone strung to his corpse, was a senior aide of Mullah Khakser, the former intelligence minister who since his recent defection has revealed how Osama bin Laden ba
- DECEMBER 1, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
United Nations High Commission for Human Rights Mary...
United Nations High Commission for Human Rights Mary Robertson said that she wants an inquiry in to the killings of Taliban prisoners at a fort in Afghanistan amid allegations that some of the men were shot execution style
- DECEMBER 1, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
ARD [the Pakistani Alliance for Restoration of Democracy]...
ARD [the Pakistani Alliance for Restoration of Democracy] chief Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan, urged the UN human rights organizations to immediately launch a probe into the massacre of hundreds of prisoners of war by the Northern Alliance
- NOVEMBER 30, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The Taliban publicly hanged a man suspected of spying...
The Taliban publicly hanged a man suspected of spying for the US in Kandahar and tied a satellite phone to his corpse, according to witnesses quoted by the Afghan Islamic Press
- NOVEMBER 29, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The Pentagon was investigating reports of the massacre...
The Pentagon was investigating reports of the massacre of about 160 unarmed Taliban prisoners by American and Pakistani-backed opposition forces
- NOVEMBER 29, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The quashing of the rebellion at Qala-i-Jhangi fort...
The quashing of the rebellion at Qala-i-Jhangi fort in Afghanistan has raised questions on the circumstances surrounding the deaths of hundreds of Taliban fighters and the role played by British and US forces in the killings
- NOVEMBER 29, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Hundreds of Taliban prisoners who had seized rockets...
Hundreds of Taliban prisoners who had seized rockets and mortars in an attempt to take over the Northern Alliance fortress of Qala-e-Jangi near the city of Mazar-i-Sharif, were they were being held captive, died in three days of savage fighting
- NOVEMBER 26, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The International Red Cross reported finding up to...
The International Red Cross reported finding up to 200 bodies in Kabul since the Northern Alliance offensives forced the Taliban regime's troops to retreat
- NOVEMBER 24, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The UN high commissioner for human rights said that...
The UN high commissioner for human rights said that anyone found responsible for atrocities in Afghanistan should not be allowed to participate in any future government
- NOVEMBER 24, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
A mass grave of people believed to have been executed...
A mass grave of people believed to have been executed by the Taleban had been discovered in Herat, western Afghanistan
- NOVEMBER 23, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The International Red Cross said they have found between...
The International Red Cross said they have found between 400 and 600 bodies in the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif following its capture by the Northern Alliance
- NOVEMBER 20, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Four foreign journalists murdered in eastern Afghanistan...
Four foreign journalists murdered in eastern Afghanistan on November 19 were probably the victims of Osama bin Laden's al-Qa'ida network, an anti-Taliban commander said
- NOVEMBER 19, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
At the Qala-I-Gulai battlefield outside Kabul, at least...
At the Qala-I-Gulai battlefield outside Kabul, at least half of 30 dead fighters that the International Committee of the Red Cross found had been shot in the head, officials close to the investigation of the deaths said
- NOVEMBER 19, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Reports from stragglers coming out of the besieged...
Reports from stragglers coming out of the besieged northern city of Kunduz said the Arab, Chechen, Uzbek and Pakistani volunteers who have been fighting for Bin Laden's cause are in control of the situation, and have summarily executed hundreds of people
- NOVEMBER 19, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Four Western journalists were killed in Afghanistan...
Four Western journalists were killed in Afghanistan when a convoy of vehicles was ambushed
- NOVEMBER 19, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
President George W Bush will decide which terror suspects...
President George W Bush will decide which terror suspects are put on trial before controversial secret tribunals
- NOVEMBER 18, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The Northern Alliance claimed that 300 Afghans who...
The Northern Alliance claimed that 300 Afghans who tried to flee the besieged northern city of Kunduz and defect from the Taliban were massacred by foreign volunteers they had once fought beside
- NOVEMBER 17, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The United Nations said it had evidence "clearly indicating"...
The United Nations said it had evidence "clearly indicating" summary executions of unarmed civilians by Taliban and other warring factions in Afghanistan