(ZEROHEDGE) – An explosive new report has been released by the prominent human rights watchdog group Amnesty International on Wednesday alleging widespread war crimes committed by various parties during the final stages of the Afghan conflict just before the U.S. initiated its hasty and chaotic withdrawal from Kabul in August.
The report documents "extensive civilian suffering" just prior to the government of President Ashraf Ghani collapsing, citing "repeated war crimes" committed by the Taliban, and also U.S. and Afghan national forces against civilians. "Homes, hospitals, schools and shops were turned into crime scenes as people were repeatedly killed and injured," it said.
"The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan reported that 1,659 civilians were killed and another 3,524 injured in the first six months of 2021, an increase of 47% from the prior year," Amnesty documented. "Our new evidence shows that, far from the seamless transition of power that the Taliban claimed happened, the people of Afghanistan have once again paid with their lives."
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