27 years after Mazar-i-Sharif massacre, victims’ families still seek justice

27 years after Mazar-i-Sharif massacre, victims’ families still seek justice

Twenty-seven years after Taliban forces seized the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif in August 1998, survivors and families of the victims say they are still waiting for justice over what rights groups describe as one of the deadliest atrocities in Afghanistan’s recent history. According to Human Rights Watch and the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), Taliban fighters executed more than 2,000 civilians — the majority ethnic …