Next week, the trial of a 76-year-old man suspected of committing war crimes in Afghanistan begins in The Hague. According to the prosecutor’s office, in the 80s Abdul R. was commander and head of political affairs of a prison in the Afghan capital Kabul.
In prison Pul-e-Charkhi are headed by R. people wrongly detained, States Justice. Also, prisoners would have been kicked, beaten, tortured and executed.
R. came to the Netherlands in 2001. He was probably registered under a false name. Later he received Dutch nationality and came to live in Kerkrade. There he was in 2019 arrested. After his arrest, R. according to 1Limburg I always said there was an exchange of persons.
War
In the 80s, Afghanistan was led by communist rulers controlled by the Soviet Union. After the Soviet Union invaded the country, a refugee flow of millions of Afghans to Pakistan and Iran started. More than 1.5 million people lost their lives.
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