Sheberghan Prison and Pit Locations at Dasht-e-Leili

Google Earth image, showing the town Sheberghan, Sheberghan Prison and the location of the two pits at Dasht-e-Leili, where earth was dug and the fill from the pits taken away.

  KMZ File Showing Locations of Town of Sheberghan, Sheberghan Prison and Dasht-e-Leili (974 bytes)

Satellite Images, 2004-2007

In May of 2009 the Science and Human Rights Program of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) undertook a review of satellite imagery acquired of the Sheberghan area in the Jowzjan Province of northern Afghanistan.

View and download the AAAS Satellite images here.

Forensic Investigation, Dasht-e-Leili, Aprill 2002

In April 2002, Physicians for Human Rights forensic experts dug a test trench as part of a preliminary investigation for the UN at the Dasht-e-Leili mass grave site near Sheberghan, Afghanistan, and exposed 15 bodies. (Physicians for Human Rights)

  Dasht-e-Leili Test Trench - April 2002 (High Res) (4.0 MB)

PHR Forensic Investigation at Dasht-e-Leili, February 2002

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Sheberghan Prison Visit, January, 2002

In January 2002, PHR researchers Jennifer Leaning, MD, and John Heffernan visited Sheberghan Prison, documented appalling conditions there and reported the presence of an alleged mass gravesite at nearby Dasht-e-Leili.

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