16 August 2017

News Story: Mass Graves Discovered In Mirza Olang Following Massacre

By Samim Faramarz

Three massive graves containing dozens of bodies have been found in Mirza Olang valley in northern Sar-e-Pul province following a coordinated attack by militants in the area last week. 

TOLOnews reporter Samim Faramarz says that according to residents, the majority of those buried in these graves were civilians and some of them members of the public uprising forces but the bodies of three children, who were beheaded, were also recovered. 

42 bodies so far have been removed from these graves, Faramarz said.

Reza, a resident of Mirza Olang, who returned to his village, after ten days, in search of his father, said he has found a pair of shoes belonging to his father.

“These are my father’s shoes. He is no longer alive. He has been killed. My father and 22 others were buried in a corner of this hill in the mass grave,” he said.

It is said that these civilians were massacred while trying to escape an attack by the Taliban and Daesh militants. 

The Taliban has rejected these claims but Daesh on Tuesday claimed responsibility. 

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