The Afghanistan government must respect and pay attention to victims and those who suffered losses due to horrific crimes committed during war and oppression.

The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission pays its cordial and deepest respect to over 120 unknown martyrs and victims of massacres, who were atrociously buried in a mass grave in Qarukh plain of Badakhshan province, and regards disclosure of this mass grave as one of the clear signs of injustice and criminal atrocities of the last two decades exerted to Afghan people.

On 15/01/1386 (4/4/07) in Qarukh plain of Badakhshan, a mass grave of over 120 innocent martyred countrymen, as a result of a massacre, unearthed by local population and police.

The initial investigation of the Commission indicates that most of these people were Mojahiddin and opposition of the ex-government in 1357 (1978), who were, after arrest, by massacred by local government and party. So far, three of them are identified by their family members.

The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission believes that identifying and discovering of such crimes doubles the need for justice and truth seeking process on the causes and occurrence of these crimes.

The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission calls on the Afghan Government, in order to pay tribute to the souls of the victims, to take immediate and urgent necessary measures for the implementation of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistans Action Plan on Peace, Justice, and Reconciliation.