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.
Mary Robinson was speaking ahead of the November 27 Bonn meeting on the future of Afghanistan.
She spoke of reports that Northern Alliance troops had attacked pro-Taleban forces and executed several of their leaders.
"I want to make a particular appeal that now there must be no attacks on civilians, no raping of women and targeting civilian property as in the past," she said.
"Those who come out of combat must be treated in accordance with the Geneva conventions and international humanitarian law," she said, "and if this does not happen, any leaders whose forces do not comply with these standards should not participate in the future broad-based Afghan administration."