Blood-Stained Hands
Past Atrocities in Kabul and Afghanistan's Legacy of Impunity
I.Introduction
II. Historical Background
III. The Battle for Kabul: April
1992-March 1993
A:April December 1992
Ethnic
fighting in West Kabul and the Hezb-e Islami attacks on Kabul
Wahdat, Ittihad and Jamiat in West Kabul
Rocketing and shelling by Hezb-e Islami
Violations of International Humanitarian Law
Abductions,
"Disappearances," Torture, and Other Mistreatment of Detainees
Abductions by Wahdat
Abductions by Ittihad
Abuse of Prisoners
"Disappearances"
Pillage and Looting
Violations of International Humanitarian Law
Rape and
Sexual Violence
B:October 1992-February 1993
January
February 1993: Conflict Continues
C:February 1993: the Afshar Campaign
Artillery Attacks
The Ground Attack
Evidence of Mutilations, and Cases of Looting and Forced Labor
The effects of the Afshar campaign
After Afshar
Violations of International Humanitarian Law
IV. Culpability101
A.Applicable law.. 101
B.
Culpability of specific individuals109
Wahdat
Ittihad
Hezb-e Islami
Jamiat, Shura-e Nazar, and the Afghan Government of 1992-1993
Junbish
Harakat
Afterword: The Complicity of Other
Countries123
Recommendations125
Appendix131
Acknowledgements133