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Report on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan submitted by Mr. Kamal Hossain, Special Rapporteur, in accordance with Commission on Human Rights resolution 2000/18: Addendum
UNITED NATIONS E ( ) -. Distr. Economic and Social GENERAL Council E/CN.4/2001/43/Add. 1 27 March 2001 ENGLISH ONLY* COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-seventh session Agenda item 9 QUESTION OF THE VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD Report on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan submitted by Mr. Kamal Hossain, Special Rapporteur, in accordance with Commission on Human Rights resolution 2000/18 Addendum 1. This addendum to my fifth report has become necessary in order to incorporate information about matters relevant to the human rights situation in Afghanistan as a result of developments which have taken place since the report was finalized in mid-January, when that information was not available. It relates to reports of gross violations of human rights and breaches of international humanitarian law, including summary execution of civilians, alleged to have been committed by both of the warring parties. There have also been significantly increased flows of new refugees into Pakistan and the Islamic Republic of Iran in the last few months and a deepening of the humanitarian crisis. Summary executions and massacres 2. I received a letter dated 1 February 2001 from the Permanent Mission of the Islamic State of Afghanistan to the United Nations Office at Geneva in which it was reported that Taliban forces, in the course of military offensives in the provinces of Takhar and Kunduz, had engaged in mass killings of innocent civilians around 23 January 2001. It was alleged that the victims were found buried in two mass graves and a list of the names of victims in the villages of Bagh Zakheera, Rustaq and Mamayee was enclosed. * The annexes are reproduced in the original languages only. GE.01-l2242 (E)
E/CN.4/200 1/43/Add. 1 page 2 3. By a letter dated 19 February 2001 addressed to the Human Rights Commission, the Taliban authorities reported that following an attack on the town of Bamyan by the opposition forces, crimes and genocide had been committed upon entry into the town by those forces. 4. On 26 February 2001, I wrote letters to the Taliban authorities and the Islamic State of Afghanistan forwarding the reports received containing the above allegations and seeking their comments. 5. The Islamic State, by its letter dated 6 March 2001, denied the allegations regarding the killing of civilians in Bamyan and suggested that I carry out an on-site inquiry into these allegations. In that letter, they also reported that there had been a massacre of several hundred civilians by the Taliban in the Yakawlang district of Bamyan province and suggested that I visit Yakawlang to make inquiries. 6. The Taliban authorities, by their letter dated 19 March 2001, denied the allegations regarding summary executions levelled against them in the letter dated 6 March 2001 from the Permanent Mission of the Islamic State. Copies of the two letters are annexed to the present document, along with copies of other relevant communications. 7. The reports of summary executions and massacres are a source of mounting concern as in recent years the continued conflict and the taking and retaking of particular areas by the warring parties have resulted in massacres involving reprisal killings and summary executions. A recurrent pattern is manifest from the (not exhaustive) list of such occurrences reported over the last four-year period, as follows: Mazar-i-Sharif/Dasht-i-Lailj (Shebergan) in May 1997; Mazar-i-Sharif Airport (Qezelabad) in September 1997; Qaysar in December 1997; Mazar-i-Sharif in August 1998; Kayan valley in August 1998; Bamyan in May 1999; Shamali plains in August 1999; Khwaja Ghar in Takhar province in September 1999; Ghosfandi in Sar-i-Pul province in January 2000; Robatak in Samangan province in May 2000; Taloqan in Takhar province in September 2000; Yakawlang in Bamyan province in January 2001; Khwaja Ghar in Takhar province in January 2001; and Bamyan in February 2001. 8. Widespread concern has been expressed at the massacres and summary executions reportedly carried out by one or other of the warring parties at different sites. On 19 January 2001, the United Nations Secretary-General issued a statement expressing concern about “numerous credible reports” that civilians were deliberately targeted and killed in Yakawlang. The Secretary-General called on the Taliban to take “immediate steps to control their forces”, adding that the reports required “prompt investigation” and that those responsible should “be brought to justice”. 9. The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, in her statement published on 16 February 2001, called for an international investigation into massacres and other serious abuses committed by warring parties in Afghanistan, including the reported summary execution of over 100 civilians by Taliban forces in Yakawlang district of Bamyan province in January 2001, in the following terms: “In view of the pattern of repeated massive violations of human rights and humanitarian law, I call upon the international community to establish an independent international inquiry into the massacres and other grave human rights violations committed by parties to the armed conflict in Afghanistan.”
EICN.4/200 1/43/Add. 1 page 3 10. It is flow increasingly recognized that the impunity enjoyed by those who have been responsible for ordering and carrying out the massacres and summary executions and the absence of accountability for such gross violations of human rights and grave breaches of humanitarian law has contributed to the repeated occurrence of such violations. There is thus a growing opinion that in order to deter and prevent the occurrence of such atrocities, an effective international initiative is called for not only to document, denounce and then cut the sinews of war (arms supplies, external financial support, linkages with drug warlord) but also to expose and hold to account those responsible for war crimes, breaches of international humanitarian law and gross violations of human rights. International cooperation would be needed to deny impunity and enforce accountability by developing mechanisms to undertake full investigation to gather evidence and to identify those responsible in order that they may be brought to justice. 11. The latest reports of summary executions and massacres provide a challenge and an opportunity to the international community to take the needed initiative. Reports supported by reliable eyewitnesses document some of the summary executions and massacres carried out in January 2001 in Yakawlang. These reports indicate that in the taking and retaking of Yakawlang breaches of humanitarian law were committed by both parties as they violated the neutrality of medical facilities in the district and disregarded the rights of civilians to be treated as non-combatants. Yakawlang was captured by the United Front forces (Hezbe Wahdat and Harakat Islami) on 28 December 2000 but was recaptured by the Taliban in early January 2001. Taliban forces reached the district centre of Nayak in the morning of 8 January 2001. Following the retaking, there were reports of mass arrests followed by summary executions carried out between 8 and 12 January 2001. A number of aid agency personnel and a United Nations staff member were among those killed. The Human Rights Watch report published on 19 February 2001 has identified civilian victims, including a number of aid workers and staff of international humanitarian agencies, hospitals, and local relief and assistance organizations. This report indicates that search parties were organized to round up male civilians in house-to-house searches. Those rounded up were detained and many of them - the total number being estimated at several hundred - were reportedly executed. It is also reported that a number of Hazara elders who came to intercede with the Taliban were killed. Some of the execution sites identified include outside a relief agency in Nayak, outside the district hospital, the ravine behind the mosque in the old bazaar area, outside the prayer hail of Mindayak village and Qala Arbab Hassan. A number of sites of mass graves have also been identified. 12. The report has also identified the commanders of the respective forces in the Yakawlang operations. It is reported that Mullah Shahzad Kandahari, whose name was mentioned in reports relating to the Samangan massacre in May 2000, was one of the Taliban commanders involved in the Yakawlang operation. The presence of other Taliban commanders who are reported to have been in Yakawlang at that time include Mullah Abdul Sattar, Mullah Abdullah Sarhadi, Mullah Abdul Salam ‘Rocketi' and Qari Ahmadullah of Ghazni. 13. It is thus clear that there is enough material available to carry out a more thorough investigation and to gather evidence with a view to establishing the exact circumstances in which civilians were detained and executed, as well as to identifying those responsible for such breaches of international humanitarian law. Such an investigation, if undertaken promptly, could reasonably be expected to achieve these objectives. Investigators could, through on-site visits, gather substantial evidence, as they would have access to the graves where the victims are
E/CN.4/200 1/43/Add. 1 page 4 buried, the execution sites and many eyewitnesses to the events. The Taliban authorities and the Islamic State of Afghanistan would be expected to respect their obligation to cooperate in the carrying out of these investigations. The findings of these investigations would provide a basis for enforcing accountability through appropriate mechanisms at the national and international levels. Humanitarian crisis: result of drought, displacement and conflict 14. The facts relating to the humanitarian crisis which are contained in my report need to be updated as the crisis has been deepening and the number of persons affected has been steadily increasing. In the six months between September 2000 and March 2001 700,000 Afghans have had to leave their homes because of drought, war, or a combination of the two. They have joined the ranks of those displaced by previous episodes of fighting. Over 1 million Afghans do not have the resources to see them through to the next harvest. In the most critical areas, nutritional indicators show that mortality rates have reached alarming levels. Three consecutive years of severe drought have had a devastating impact on the agriculture and economy of the country. Families are selling their animals, eating their seed and seeing their fruit trees wither and die. 15. Significant new refugee flows into Iran have been reported and some 170,000 have crossed into Pakistan since mid-2000. Of these, some 60,000 are in temporary shelters in the Shamshatoo camp near Peshawar. Personal interviews with some of the new arrivals confirm that what they were fleeing was the combined effect of drought, hunger and conflict. The recurrence of conflict in different areas exposed the civilian population to shelling and aerial bombardment, to massacres and summary executions, and forced conscription. They were thus victims of gross human rights violations and of breaches of international humanitarian law. A substantial part of them are in Jalozai camp near Peshawar where registration by the United Nations was not being allowed, thereby denying them the minimum assistance which was available to the refugees in Shamshatoo. Conditions of the newly arrived in Jalozai are said to be so desperate that it has been described as a living graveyard. The situation of refugees is aggravated by the imposition of a ban on new arrivals by Pakistan which, having hosted the single largest and one of the oldest refugee populations in the world, has argued that it simply cannot cope with new inflows. This has resulted in the suspension by regional authorities of the verification process begun on 25 January 2001 by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to determine who is most vulnerable and in need of urgent assistance, followed by the Government's decision that all undocumented Afghans would be subject to deportation. Following these decisions, there were reports of the forcible deportation of thousands of Afghans. Many of those who had fled Afghanistan in order to survive in the face of drought, hunger and conflict were members of ethnic minorities and other vulnerable groups. It is necessary to appeal to the authorities concerned to respect internationally agreed-upon principles of refugee protection in respect of the new arrivals from Afghanistan. 16. The urgent need for more humanitarian assistance cannot be overemphasized. The crisis will deepen if more resources are not quickly made available. The Afghanistan Appeal for 2001, which covers just “bare bones” requirements, was for US$ 229 million; this works out roughly to $10 per Afghan for the whole year. Traditionally, Afghans receive about half the requested amount; this means roughly $5 per Afghan. By contrast, the donor response per capita in Angola was $47.98 and $139.11 in East Timor in 2000. Near-famine conditions are being reportedand
E/CN.4/2 001/43/Add.! page 5 those engaged in the work of humanitarian assistance on the ground are issuing warnings of a severe famine which threatens to lead to further deaths from starvation. Afghanistan is classified among the three hungriest countries in the world. The World Food Programme launched a new emergency appeal on 13 March 2001 for a $76 million operation to save millions of people in Afghanistan from starvation owing to a long and devastating cycle of drought and civil war. This appeal will target 3.8 million people for one year. Continuing armed conifict and the human rights deficit 17. Those engaged in armed conflict are devoting, for the destructive purposes of war, resources which could help to save the lives of those who are dying of cold and starvation. Not only does conflict divert life-saving resources but also inflicts suffering on the civilians who bear the brunt of the destruction. The authorities also cannot escape accountability for putting obstacles in the way of the work of humanitarian agencies, including harassment of aid personnel and deliberate denial of access to particular communities. The policy and practices of the Taliban authorities, which exacerbate the discrimination already suffered by Afghan women, continue to be a major concern. Women's mobility, including their ability to undertake paid employment outside the home, continues to be severely restricted. 18. The continuing conflict and its destructive impact on communities and the right to life, and the accumulated and indirect effects of war contribute to a massive human rights deficit. This deficit includes the denial of the right to food, the right to health and the right to education. Nor do Afghans enjoy freedom from fear or freedom of association. The collapse of civil society and the limited ability of Afghans to participate in or influence decision-making have a direct and negative impact on their right to life and other rights essential for livelihood and survival with a modicum of dignity. Women and girls suffer disproportionately in the realization and enjoyment of all their rights and there are few indications that this will improve significantly any time in the near future.
E/CN.4/200 1/43/Add. 1 page 6 Annex d a No: AFM 21/305 Madame le Haut Commissaire, Genève. leOl février2COl Au cours des operations militaires récentes, Ia milice des Taliban, en gu se de représailles contre Ia population civile,ont perpétré des exécutic ns sommaires et massives. Le Gouvemerrient de I' Etat Islamique d' Afghanistan vous pne de b en vouloir envoyer une Mission d' enquête cu d' entreprendre toute sure démarche qui vous parait adequate sur ces exécuticns qui en font suitt a d' autres. “L'inipunité” dont les Taliban ont joui dans le passé les encourage a continuer a perpétrer ces massacres. Dans I' annexe , vous trouverez tes noms des victimes de même que es localités oCi les massacres ont été perpétré. Dens Il attente d'être inforrnE des suites cette demande, je vous pne d' agréer, assurance de ma haute consideration. Co pie adressée a: -Mr. Kamel Hussetn,Rapporteur Soécal sur a situation des droits de I' homme en Afghanistan - Rapoorteur Scécal sur les exéc iticns sornmaires et extraju iciatres A I ' intention de Mme Mary ROBINSON Haut Commissaire des Naticns Unies aux Droits de ‘ Hcmnie Office des Nations Unies GENEVE que vous voudrez bien donne a Madame le Haut Commissaire. I ' TAND R Ministre consei er Chargé d ' Affai
E/CN.4/200 1/43/Add. 1 page 7 NATIONS UNIES UNITED NATIONS HAUT COMMISSARIAT AUX DROITS DE LHOMME HIGH COMMISSiONER FOR HLMA RIGHTS / ThIth. : Te eç snmcs L.- TONS. ENE E Te ec Tel vnone: tutcnict wws unnc .r :n eci hcnr iunog.c i iats s Nations CH- GENE .E O RE ER NC G.SO 26 February 2001 Dear Sir. I am riting in connection with a communication issued in February 2001 by the Taliban /linistr . of Foreign Aftairs alleging that United Front forces attacked the city of Bamyan in F bruar 2O0 and i d some 120 people. most of whom reportedi> belonged to the Pushtoon ethnic group. It has becn alle ed that tens of children. omen and elderI were among those killed. It has also been alleged that passengers travelling through Bam an from the north of Afghanistan to Kabul have also been killed, their property looted and their vehicles set on tire. I ould be very grateful for your comments on the matters contained in the above communication. Yours sincerek. Kamal Hossain Special Rapporteur of the Commiss non-Hu an Rights on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan SIr. /lohamrnad Homa/un Tandar 1inister Counscior Charge d 'Aftairs Permanent /lission or the ls amic State of Afghanistan Genes a
E/CN.4/200 1/43/Add. 1 page 8 News Update Wednesday, 24 Jairnary 2001 Armed Forces Foil Taliban Offensive in T khar, Gain Ground Talib. Retaliate by Killing 1niio ent Vil1ager , Bury Many In M 3 Gravc Taki.ar, istan — The P Lmi- aeked Taliban milicia has, for o;rte time now, prcpared r a large•scale winter offensive on the positions of the Armed Fore2s of the Islamic State o± Afghanistan iii !(hawja Char, in nor her Af hanisran. in order ro hrii more of the country's territory undor its oontrol. The capture of addidozial are would h w created cor.dirion ‘or the Talib n ' pre id of rxtre.. to the :er ::C nz:a Mian rcpuhiics. In ar attempt o foil the latest ?aki tani-backed Ta! iban &itT 'mive, th Armed Fortes o the ts!arnic ta:e of Afghanistan, in a preemptive operation. y ccerd y January 23, made so ie frcsh lns by liberating the Villages of Qandahari Q shiaq, Bagh Zakhecra, Tak.hman anLI Marnayec. Additionally, the airstrip was iko eaptur d. Military intelligence reports had already confirmed deployment of fresh Pakistani copa and shipment of arge quantities of rms and ammunition in the provinces of Takhar and Kunduz, In nonheastem Afghanistan, prior to January 13, 2O 1, when the latest United Nations sanctions became effective. The larcst sanccion , part of the T5i I Sccurity Cour.cil Resciution l333, inipLe nenc an arms embargo or the ?aki. i_:jac ed TalWat milizia. However, the Tatihan upon loss of the said villages, engaged m a iIlirigs of innocent civilians. Ar east two mass graves were found, where in erie 3 and in the ottier 26 ordinary pcoole were buried. Additionally, the Taliban forci iy took some 70 civilians as hes;a es upcu their retreat. Following are iaines of those rnos !y brutally shct in the face z d buried in the mo gravee found by th uthoritie of the Is lamic State of Af anistar. today. Nar e Sa n or Vil !agc I. Zai u !lah urban Bye Bagh Zakheera 4 Fanner 2. Noorullnh Ziidul lah agh Zakhczra 17 Fanner 3. Abdulkzh H ji Deewan Khun l3agh Zakheera 30 k arrner 4. Cihani Bayc E !a i Deewan Khan Bagh Zakheera 22 5. i 'ai t:r MulIah 1-laider Bagh Zakheera O Farn-ier & Ata Khan K ial f3aye Bagh Zakheera 2.4 Farmer 7. Hameed Ea( Bave Sagh Zak neera 22 F irrnec 8. Mace n al aye gh Zakh cra G Farraer 9. Pahlawart ./ nad Bagh Zakheera 2C Shepherd 10. Muhehullah /‘fahkamTaj Bagh Zakhe:ra 2 11. Suci L3aye Del l3agh /ukhcera 30 Farmer 12. Ya eeti l' 'i l3aye Sauh Zakheera 3 13. As aduah S gee Bizyc R igh Z khe r. 2
List of those murdered from the ViUage of Rustaq: E/CN.4/2001/43/Add. 1 page 9 Name nf ‘ {illag Site of Murder List of those murdered from the Village of Marnayee: 8. Naik Mohd. Bayc 9. Dewana Afel Baye 10. Said Mohd. 11. Abu1ilahBai 12. Hussain 13. Shah Moh± 14 Meer'.ab ./ ta Khan Sh.air Mchd. Tith T im r Ayed Baye Shah Mah wud Chopan Khan Baye Profession Farmer Farmer Farmer Farmer Fanner Farmer Farmer Farmer Farmer Farmer Farmer Farmer Farmer Fanner 1. I-Iabibul lah Baig Au Rustaq Qandahari Qeshlaq 2. Abdul Hameed Halcern Qul Rusraq Qandahari Qeshiaq 3. Shamsuddin Mohammad Hassan Rustaq Qand h ri Qes 1aq 4. ISrnayCI Abdul Sattar Rustaq Qandahari Qeshlaq 5. Mohd. Naseein Jan Mohd. Rustaq Qandahari Qeshla 6. Irnam Berdi Taghi Murad Rustaq Qandahari Qeshlaq 7. Irnamuddin Mohd. Akbar Rustaq Qandahari Qesh.laq 8. Zamanuddin Mohd. Arnan Rustaq Qandahari Qeshlaq 9. Bismillah Mohd. Naim Rustaq Qandahari Qeshlaq 10. Ahmaduiiah Saifuflah Rustaq Qaridahari Qesh.laq Name 1. Maid. Naim 2. Mrs. Faiz Baye 3. Mahmood 4. Mullah Zaman 5. Qurban I(ban Son Of Choba Khan Naik Mohd. Ustad Tukhtar Ustad Tukhtar Village Mamayec Mamyee Mamayee Mamayce Marnayee 20 20 30 35 Professioii Farmer Housewife Farmer Preacher Farmer Note: Bodies of 16 others were so badly mutilated that it was impossibic Lu recognize them. The fol1owin i 1i i. uL Wu fbrclbly tak.en by the Taliban: Na me 1.AbdulQarnar 2. Karim 3.QaraKhan 4. Mohd. Hakeem 5. Bazar Wakil 6. Nazir Ahrnad 7. Ahmad Son Of Qurban All Noor Au Tom Khan Kata Bayc JoraBayc KataBaye Naik Moharnad Village Marnayee 30 Mam.ayee 30 Mamayec 45 Mamayec 30 Marnayee 40 Mamayee 25 Mamaye 30 Mamayec 40 Marnayec 84 Mamayec 35 Mamayco 4S Marnayec 30 Mamaye 25
E/CN.4/200 1/43/Add. 1 page 10 IS. Abdullali sardad Mamayae 25 Farmer 16. Qari Abdul Hadi Qari Zaher Mamayce 35 Preacher 17. Zia Sara Khan Baye Maxnayec 20 F3rmer 18. Parukhuddin tsmail Chat Mamaye: 30 Farmer 19. Zacqi Top Alam Mamayee 35 Farmer 20. Azain Qul Bayc Abdi Bayc Marnayce 40 Farmer 21. Ghulazn Qader Cihulam Haider Mamayee 30 Farmer 22. Said Mnrtaza Mamiye. 40 23. Eshan Said Ata Mamayee 25 Farmer
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The Foreign Ministry of the Islamic Enirate of Afghanistan would like to send i: regards to the UN coordinatiOn mission in Kabul and requests it to convey tne content of this letter to the Euman Right: CoimnisSiot . .n Ger va and to all the other reletant .egal instit.LtiOnZ.
at .n:j :ne c pcnants of me Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan with foreigners' ! tou.nzed an attack on tnt wn mf sri trentre of ciintral 3a .an Pvin ej. o avoid casu.ai- 3 among innocent local people, r.ne my o :ne :s.ami Emirate dec .ded to :ec. at.<3R> When the op its entered Bamian they resorted to cr.me and genocide, and a: Bamian is in the crossroadsBet'Ieen the northern Prov.nces and Kabul and a n noer cf other towns, those trsvell.n .g through 3amian were Iilled and looted : :a . : E i_.:ate s a y could not t3lerate these crimina .. act ons of ?ppon.nrs and attacked Bamaan and. with the blessing of Cod, managed to claa: it • :or: pt aad wicked elements.
the town, the lam . . army round dead bodies f innocent man. wcaen and .hild.n. <3?) WC.e:e ara hum.an rights acti7.3t3 now and why don't they cond' mn th. deeds of cur ,coonen:s ? <3?> : e 3n see that some human : qhts actiyists always accuse mh ISlamic £mi:a:e o fghan.stan of violations ax, ignore wsongdoinqs and nrimes ‘ our oppertents. <3?) hes .* ht man right:] inst :u: on! obtain baseless artd inaccu:ate reports f:trL un:eb.able and biased sources and the o pon.nt3 of the Is La.mi .c Em.i:ate.ni•: Emirate of A . ghar.i:tan :cntro.led miar ?rov:nc fr two ann nal: ia: !. N : :cmo.aintr wero neard from arty ody and a.... the peo la there i 7ec in an a:n sch r :f eace and sec : ty. once aga .n rerolutely deny the baseless accusations that ileqediy nundeds c na;e been :<.led by tne Iz .amic mi:ite'S amy in is:ric: of Bamian ?ro ce. f anyone war : .:l d he was iled by the opposition mili a. <3?> e ::iaz .c Emirate of Af;har.as:an there is no rac a. et. n C and or any :::.er 3e r 7 beer. restorec . 2amiar. ?:ovincl now an peorL ::n eace. <3?.> ‘ ..r.is::y :a es the oppor ni ' :3 roniey _z re:: :egar S.<5?> : :>‘ : Eax t:a: news acency. acu, a:i 34O mt eb O1<.1*<3R>
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E/CN.4/2001 /43/Add. I page 14 NATIONS IJNIES UNITED NATIONS HACT COMMISSARIAT AUX DROITS DE LHOMME di HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ; :rrnrnes LNAT1O S. GENEVE Té e none: 4I-:2 - L -‘fl LI Lrnentct w v E-mad: Address: P31a15 Nations CH.; lL GENE'I! o R1 ERENCE. GSC. 6-' 26 February 2001 Dear Mawlav i Wakeel Ahmed. I am writing in connection with a communication dated 1 February 2001 received from the Permanent Mission of the Islamic State of.Af2hanistan in Geneva in which it is alletzed that in Januar. 200t. Taliban forces engaged in the killing of civilians in the Kha ja Char area of northern .Af hanistan. Lists of persons with their names. age and profession who were killed in the villages of Rustaq. Bagh Zakheera and Mamayee is attached. It is reported that at least t vo mass graves were found. containing the bodies of 13 and 26 persons. respectively, in the villages. I would be very grateful for your comments on the matters contained in the above communication in which it is also alle ed that 70 civilians from the area have been taken as hostages. Yours sincerely. Kamal Hos ain Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Hurnan- on the situation oihuman rights in Afghanistan Maw lav i Waked .Ahmed Muta ake I Taliban Minister of Färeign Affairs Kabul. Afuhanistan
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E/CN.4/200 1/43/Add.! page 17 Permanent Mission of the Islamic State of Afghanistan to the United Nations at Geneva Geneva, 6 March 2001 Ref: AFM21/0l1 Sir. We acknowledge receipt of your letter C/SO 214(46-17) of 26 February 2001. in which you refer to Taliban allegations that the armed forces of the Islamic State of Afghanistan had executed 120 people, the majority of them Pashtuns, at Bamian. OrL behalf of the Islamic State of Afghanistan, we reject these allegations and suggest that, in order to establish the truth, you visit Bamian and conduct an enquiry into them. We suggest that, at the same time, you visit the Yakaolang district (Bamian province) and make enquiries into the massacre of several hundreds of civilians by the Taliban. My Government is prepared to do all in its power to facilitate your investigation. In this way you will be able to distinguish between the truth and lies about these massacres. Accept. Sir, the assurances of my highest consideration. [ Signedi Humayun Tandar Minister Counsellor Chargé d'Affaires Mr. Kamal Hussein Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Palais Wilson Geneva HRNONE200 174
• E/CN.4/2001/43/AddI page 18 In the Name of Allah. the Most Benevolent and Most Merciful The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Number: 1025 Date: 19 March 2001 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan extends its respects to the United Nations mission in Kabul. In his letter number G 50214(4617), Kamal Hossain writes: The representative of Rabbani in Geneva has sent me a letter, which states as if the forces of the Islamic Emirate have killed and arrested civilians in Khwaja Ghar and in surrounding districts in the northern parts of Afghanistan. Kamal Hossain knows well that the opponents of the Islamic Emirate cast unfounded and baseless accusations against the Islamic Emirate. Forces of the Islamic Emirate have never committed such killings or arrests and we strongly deny these accusations and consider them as lies. We expect from Kamal Hossain that he does not believe in reports of the opposition. and of the prejudiced. and does not cast such accusations on the Islamic Emirate. The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan requests that the Mission of the United Nations in Kabul forward this message to Kamal Hossain. Once again, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs renews its respects [ to the Mission of the United Nations in Kabul]. Seal and signature [ Unofficial translation by UNCO, Islamabad]