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April 2002
Vol. 14, No. 2 (C)

AFGHANISTAN 

Paying for the Taliban's Crimes:
Abuses Against Ethnic Pashtuns in Northern Afghanistan

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You are Pashtun. You don't belong in this area. You must leave for Kabul, and leave [this area] for us.
Jamiat commander speaking to Pashtun villager in Baghlan province.

The Taliban did the crimes, but the punishment was for us.
Pashtun elder, describing the abuses his village faced at the hands of Hizb-i Wahdat fighters.

I've complained only to Allah. Who hears our complaints? We will only get in more trouble if we complain. We have no power. Whoever has the guns has the power. We are sick of the guns, of the commanders. 
Take them all away and let us farm.
Elderly Pashtun villager whose house was looted by Jamiat forces.


TABLE OF CONTENTS
SUMMARY 

RECOMMENDATIONS 

To the International Community: 
To the United Nations Security Council: 
To the Afghan Interim Administration: 
To Junbish-i Milly-yi Islami, Jamiat-e Islami, and Hizb-i Wahdat: 
A NOTE ON THE USE OF NAMES, DATES, AND TERMS USED IN THIS REPORT 

INTRODUCTION 

The Return to Warlordism in Northern Afghanistan 
The Major Parties 
Warlordism and the International Community 
Abuses Faced by Pashtuns 
Displacement of Ethnic Pashtuns 
THE LEGACY OF TALIBAN ABUSES           [Map]

BALKH PROVINCE          [Map]

Chimtal District 
Charbolak District 
Balkh District 
Dawlatabad District 
FARYAB PROVINCE           [Map]
Shoor Darya Valley 
Islam Qala 
SAMANGAN PROVINCE           [Map]
Hazrat-i Sultan District 
Aibak District 
BAGHLAN PROVINCE           [Map]
Nahrin District 
Kilagai Valley 
KUNDUZ AND OTHER PROVINCES 

THE RESPONSE OF THE AFGHAN AUTHORITIES 

Establishment of Independent Commission 
Preliminary Steps toward Improving Security in the North 


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