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Mass grave of 100 bodies found in Afghananistan
Afghan authorities have discovered a mass grave containing at least 100 bodies believed to be victims of a Taliban massacre in the 1990s, security officials said on Saturday.
- Agencies
- Published: 14:18 April 12, 2008
Mazar-i-Sharif: Afghan authorities have discovered a mass grave containing at least 100 bodies believed to be victims of a Taliban massacre in the 1990s, security officials said on Saturday.
The grave was discovered in the northern province of Balkh, near the city of Mazar-i-Sharif.
Provincial security official Abdurrauf Taj said about 100 bodies had been found in the grave, which is about 100 metres from a residential area.
Residents of the area said they suspected the dead were members of the Hazara ethnic minority, massacred after the Taliban captured the area in the late 1990s.
None of the bodies were being moved until a team from Kabul inspected the site, and more bodies were expected to be found.
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