Thread by @AfgFactChecks2

Thread about Taliban war crimes 1990s.

Several massacres are documented by Human Rights Watch & other independent observers in which Taliban terrorists carried out targeted attacks against Hazaras, Uzbeks and Tajiks.

#DoNotRecogniseTaliban

@hrw, July, 1999: Taliban bombed the town of Dara-i Suf, a predominantly Hazara enclave in Samangan, with incendiary cluster munitions; ground forces burned down the entire central market and destroyed wells and homes. Later 500 Hazaras were killed by Taliban. #TalibanWarCrimes

According to @hrw in May 2000 Taliban forces summarily executed at least thirty-one Ismaili Hazara civilians near #RobatakPass, northwest of Pul-i Khumri in Baghlan province.
#Ismaili #hazaragenocide

Yakawlang (Jan 2001): Taliban massacred over 500 Hazara civilians after retaking control of Yakawlang district from Hizb-i Wahdat.
#StopHazaraGenocide
hrw.org/reports/2001/a…

Yakawlang (june 2001): Taliban forces under command of Mullah Dadaullah burned about 4,500 houses, 500 shops, and public buildings. As taliban retreated east, they continued to burn villages and to detain & kill Hazara civilians in villages in Yakawlang.

#Yakawlang #hrw

@latimes quoted U.N. World Food Program for Afghanistan saying "as many as 160,000 Hazaras face starvation"

#Bamiyan
latimes.com/archives/la-xp…

When Taliban captured Mazar-i Sharif in 1998, they rounded up and massacred 8,000 - 15,000 civilians, the majority of them ethnic Hazaras. Thousands more, including ethnic Uzbek and Tajik men, were detained. #MazarMassacre washingtonpost.com/archive/politi…

AP: In 1998,taliban Massacred upto 15000 Hazaras in Mazar-i-Sharif.
#StopHazaraGenocide

According to @nytimes the 1998 massacre of Hazaras by the Taliban can only be compared to the massacre of Sabrenecia Muslims in Bosnia. However, the Hazara in #MazarISharif didnt grab the world's attention. #StopHazaraGenocide

nytimes.com/1999/08/07/opi…

Taliban also burned the Shamali Plain, North of Kabul, because the inhabitants were Tajiks. #talibancrimes

Takhar province. July 1999: A series of Taliban offensives was marked by summary executions, abduction of women, forced labor of detainees, the burning of homes, and the destruction of agricultural assets, including fruit trees, one of the mainstays of the local economy. @hrw

Takhar province 2/2. According to one human rights researcher, in Khwajaghar, near Taloqan, 3,000 houses were systematically destroyed in July 1999.#DoNotRecogniseTaliban

In Shamali, north of Kabul, Tajik detainees were used for mine clearance. Many civilians who were used mines clearance by taliban are still not found. #DoNotRecogniseTaliban

More context on Shamali Plain:
The people of Shamali paid an extraordinary price. Taliban burned nearly every house in Shamali, the vines hacked down to stumps, and much of the generations-old water system destroyed.
#ShamaliPlain
nytimes.com/2002/01/07/wor…

May 2001: according to hrw when taliban took control of Zari-a mainly Uzbek-populated area, many of civilians were killed by Taliban forces. Refugees also reported arrests of civilians who returned to Zari & their transportation as prisoners to Kandahar, and burning of some homes

June 2001: Taliban forces under command of Mullah Dadaullah burned about 4,500 houses, 500 shops, and public buildings. As taliban retreated east, they continued to burn villages and to detain & kill Hazara civilians in villages in Yakawlang and Bamiyan districts for second time