A U.S. Army sniper scans the area using his battle rifle's scope while paratroopers provide security during a route-clearance patrol along Highway 1 in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, July 23, 2012. U.S. Army photo by Capt. Thomas Cieslak
Afghan Rights Report Stalled By Warlord Fears -- Al Jazeera
Government report on 30 years of violence may not see the light of day because it names politically-connected warlords.
A recent report detailing atrocities committed over three decades of conflict in Afghanistan was supposed to provide answers to the families of one million people killed and 1.3 million left disabled by the violence, but now some fear that a focus on naming politically-connected perpetrators could prevent the document's release.
The report, "Conflict Mapping in Afghanistan Since 1978", based on six years of research by a team of 40 researchers and the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC), has not been released to the public, apparently because it implicates prominent warlords in various abuses.
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