Afghanistan: June 14, 2001

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The Taliban have been using a scorched earth policy in central Afghanistan, destroying all buildings in towns they capture. This region, with the city of Bamiyan, is largely Shia. There have also been reports of Taliban (who are Sunni Moslem) massacres of Shia Moslems in this area.

 

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