Yesterday, when PHR called on NATO to assist the UN in securing the Dasht-e-Leili mass grave in Afghanistan, PHR’s CEO Frank Donaghue said:

As PHR knows from our work in Bosnia, Rwanda, Central America and elsewhere, communities that have lost loved ones in mass killings—especially the mothers, siblings, and children of victims—have a right to the truth and to justice, including identification and return of remains. The demands of mothers and families demonstrating in the streets of Kabul over the last few days show that the Afghan people are demanding that those who have committed mass atrocities be held accountable. Peace and stability require truth and justice; it never pays to ignore mass graves and the atrocities associated with them.

Here is some brief footage from the recent protests in Kabul.

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