Wednesday, September 18, 2013

L.A. Times - Asia: 1970s Afghan death lists end uncertainty for some

L.A. Times - Asia
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Sep 18th 2013, 22:25, by By Hashmat Baktash and Mark Magnier

The Netherlands releases the names of nearly 5,000 Afghans tortured and killed by the then-communist government.

KABUL, Afghanistan — For more than three decades, Yossef Azim's family wondered what had happened to his grandfather, Shah Wali. The commanding general at Afghanistan's Bagram air base was dragged from his home in the late 1970s by thugs from the then-communist government, a hood covering his head, while Azim's mother was threatened with a shotgun placed in her mouth.

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