In the Dasht-i-Leili massacre in northern Afghanistan in late 2001, U.S.-backed Afghan soldiers murdered 7,500 Taliban POWs after the prisoners had surrendered and had been captured. The American military supervised and approved of the operation.
Some American troops tortured and murdered prisoners too. The thousands of murdered Afghans were dumped into a mass grave.
President Bush suppressed any efforts to investigate. President Obama made a half-hearted statement in favor of investigation that he never followed up. So great to see that the United States has suddenly taken interest in war crimes! Can’t wait to see Bush, Cheney and all U.S. military personnel involved in the murders and cover-up put on trial and jailed!
Watch Jamie Doran’s documentary “Afghan Massacre: The Convoy of Death”: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=10153351374287663
Read my 2009 essay about the massacre:
https://www.sj-r.com/story/opinion/columns/2009/07/17/ted-rall-obama-is-ignoring/42942584007
