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KABUL (SW): The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) on Sunday pronounced attack on peaceful protestors at Deh Mazang in Kabul as war crime.<\/p>\n
In a press conference here, the AIHRC strongly condemned brazen attack on the ‘Enlightenment Movement’ that claimed 81 lives and left more than 200 people wounded.<\/p>\n
Sima Samar, head of the AIHRC said on the occasion that such barbaric mass killing of innocent people corresponds to war crimes in line with the Article 8 of the International Criminal Court. She urged upon the government to bring the culprits to justice.<\/p>\n
The AIHRC head noted that the Afghan government can seek the help of the International Court of Justice to execute the criminals behind the Saturday’s attack.<\/p>\n
“Killing of civilian in yesterday’s attack is an a crime against humanity according to the Article 8 of the International Court of Justice, perpetrators of this attack should be brought to justice”, she urged.<\/p>\n
Commenting on this, Shah Hussain Murtazavi, deputy presidential spokesman told Salam Watandar that the President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has constituted a commission to probe the incident.<\/p>\n
“The President has tasked the Attorney General Office that has members of representatives of the human rights commission, security organs and protestor to investigate the incident”, he noted.<\/p>\n
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