Findings of the Investigation Commission of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan on the Gruesome Event of Kunduz and Names of Victims

As reported in the media, Kunduz a northern province of Afghanistan, borne the brunt of a horrendous event. Jet fighters of foreign invaders on Friday night bombed a congestion of people who had gathered to take fuel from tankers left by the enemy. More than one hundred persons from various villages of Char Dara and Ali Abad districts were killed as a result. People who witnessed the place of the event and some media reporters who visited the scene say all the victims are civilians but NATO and Kabul regime’s spokesmen and other authorities brazenly claim the victims are armed Taliban.

On the following day of this horrific event, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan constituted an investigation team to find facts about the event and submit them in the shape of a separate report. The aim was to present facts before our country men and the people of the world for their judgment. This report has been prepared under the sole moral, religious and patriotic Afghan obligation. It is neither a politically motivated report nor a propaganda-oriented. The facts contained in the report are solely those told by local people and the victims relatives. Therefore, it is a credible report of the event.

1. How the Event Occurred: Mujahideen ambushed fuel tanker on high way in Ali Abad district on Thursday September 3, 2009. The fuel tankers were carrying fuel for military vehicles from central Asian countries. Mujahideen usually carry out such attacks but this time the NATO forces left two fuel tankers intact in the scene of fighting. Mujahideen tried to drive the tankers to Char Dara district but one fuel tanker trapped in mud in a river between Ali Abad and Char Dara district,. The Mujahideen tried to empty the fuel of the tanker.

However, witnessing the tankers, the local people of the surrounding villages who were still awake because of Ramadan, approached the Mujahideen and requested them to allow them to take the gushing fuel home. Mujahideen allowed them to take the fuel but upon seeing the enemy reconnaissance planes in the air, Mujahideen told people to stop taking the fuel. But now the gathering of the people had reached hundreds of persons. Every one wanted to take the fuel home. Mujahideen could not prevent all the people from taking the fuel. However, they stopped some of them but many others came once again to take fuel. The Mujahideen who were present on the site say, we tried hard to tell people to go home but could not force them to do so. Exactly, at 1:45 AM in the night, jet fighters bombed the fuel tankers.

2. All the Victims are Civilians: At the time of the bombardment, some Mujahideen and local people had left the site but still there were people on the site. Residents of Haji Abdur Rahman village of Ali Abad district, Haji Essa khan village, Haji Aman village, Haji Rustam village, and Yaqub bai village, Essa khel of Char Dara district and of other villages say the victims are their sons and brothers and are common villagers. Many of them are miserable youth and students. The people categorically rejected statements by spokesmen of USA, the Kabul regime and some other vested-interest circles who claim the victims were armed Mujahideen. Similarly, tens of the injured are villagers as well.

3. White Phosphorus were used in the Attack: Contrarily to the claims that the victims have been burnt up in the flames of the fuels of the tankers or as a result of bomb explosions, in fact, the victims have been burnt in the flames of the bombs and other explosives. The witness says they saw flaming fire from the jets descending to the ground which in two cases scorched a ground of 100 square meters. They say the tankers were not hit directly from the planes but the fuel tankers caught fire from the flames of the bombs thrown from the jet fighters. The ground has been baked with flames.

There is no cavity or crater to show the impact of the bombs strike. The victims say a bad smelling matter glued to their bodies which they felt to be burning all their flesh down to bones. A father of two sons, who died after the air raid, said his sons had lost mental balance before dying. These are the same symptoms seen in victims of Bala Blok, Farah province. Later, doctors in Bala Blok said the symptoms of the victims were the result of the use of white phosphorus.

This unfolds veil from an unforgivable crime. The white phosphorus is a poisonous matter which is banned to be used according to all laws governing wars. But the invaders are brazenly using them. Ironically, the United Nations and other human rights advocacy entities have remained deaf and blind about this serious issue. The Kabul government was not allowing the victims to be taken to Kabul for the treatment. It is clear that they did not want the world to know about the use of the white phosphorous in Kunduz.

The exact number of the victims is still unknown because the victims of this horrendous event are hailing from villages sparsely situated in the area. To collect information about the exact number of those killed in the air raid will take time. Many of the corpses were burnt to ashes while others burnt beyond recognition.

Some dead bodies were carried away by water of the river. Some injured persons have been taken to hospitals. There are families who still do not know whether their members are martyred or injured or not. The local people and eye-witness estimate that up to 120 people may have died in the bloody event but the exact number of the victims could not be confirmed.

The following is the list of the victims along with their names and identity who have been buried up by their families. However, this is in no way the final account of the victims.

No.	Name	Father’s Name	Village	Age	Job
1	A. Rahim	Haji Bashir	H.A. Rahman	34	Driver
2	Ibrahim	Haji Bashir	H.A. Rahma	20	farmer
3	Sami ullah	Haji Bashir	H.A. Rahman	17	Student
4	Zakir ullah	Abdul Dayan	H.A. Rahman	13	Student
5	Ahmad Gul	Gul Raiz	H.A. Rahman	15	Student
6	Muhammada Gul	Gul Raiz	H.A. Rahman	13	Student
7	Mullah Noor	Abdul Raof	H.A. Rahman	16	Student
8	Arif khan	Abdul Rahman	H.A. Rahman	12	Student
9	Abdul Dayan	Abdul Hanan	H.A. Rahman	14	Student
10	Abdul Samad	Abdul Hanan	H.A. Rahman	11	Student
11	Mohammad Sadiq	Gulo Bai	H.A. Rahman	35	farmer
12	Momin	Aziz khan	H.A. Rahman	22	Driver
13	Abdul Hameed	Abdulallah Khan	H.A. Rahman	34	farmer
14	Qudrat ullah	Aman ullah	H.A. Rahman	40	Shopkeeper
15	Abdul Ghoyor	Sahar Gul	H.A. Rahman	25	Labor
16	Najmudin	Gulanudin	H.A. Rahman	35	farmer
17	Muhammad Wali	Tor	Char Dara migrant	35	farmer
18	Ayaz	Muhammad Wali	Char Dara migrant	8	Student
19	Gul Douz	Ajab khan	Char Dara migrant	50	farmer
20	Muhammad	Gul Douz	Char Dara migrant	14	Student
21	Hakamudin	Haji Musa	Essa khel village, District Char Dara	31	Driver
22	Allah Noor	Haji Musa	Essa khel village, District Char Dara	25	farmer
23	Gul Din	Haji Musa	Essa khel village, District Char Dara	27	Shopkeeper
24	Ahmad Noor	Laludin	Essa khel village, District Char Dara	15	farmer
25	Abdul Khaliq	Suliman	Essa khel village, District Char Dara	24	Labor
26	Hasan	Muhammad Omer	Yaqob bai village, District Char Dar	60	Wrestler
27	Fazal	Wrestler Hasan	Yaqob bai village, District Char Dar	15	Labor
28	Mullah Qadam Shah	Abdul Mansor	Yaqob bai village, District Char Dar	40	Labor
29	Muhammad din	Abdullah Jan	Yaqob bai village, District Char Dar	25	farmer
30	Nadar khan	Akhtar Muhammad	Yaqob bai village, District Char Dar	15	farmer
31	Arif	Nadar khan	Yaqob bai village, District Char Dar	15	farmer
32	Alaf din	Akhtar Muhammad	Yaqob bai village, District Char Dar	16	farmer
33	Daoud	Ibrahim	Yaqob bai village, District Char Dar	15	Student
34	Aman ullah	Abdul Salam	Yaqob bai village, District Char Dar	30	farmer
35	Qodrat ullah	Abdul Dayan	Yaqob bai village, District Char Dar	20	farmer
36	Khodai dad	Abdul Wahab	Yaqob bai village, District Char Dar	19	farmer
37	Hafeez ullah	Abdul Wahab	Yaqob bai village, District Char Dar	17	Student
38	Jan Muhammad	Juma bai	Yaqob bai village, District Char Dar	20	Driver
39	Noor ullah	Juma bai	Yaqob bai village, District Char Dar	9	Student
40	Salam	Abdul Wadoud	Yaqob bai village, District Char Dar	14	Student
41	Alaf din	Haji Gul din	Yaqob bai village, District Char Dar	25	farmer
42	Wazir	Haji Gul din	Yaqob bai village, District Char Dar	22	Driver
43	Bashir	Haji Gul	Yaqob bai village, District Char Dar	17	farmer
44	Zikrullah	Alaf udin	Yaqob bai village, District Char Dar	12	Student
45	Ajmal	Abdul Hanan	Yaqob bai village, District Char Dar	15	Student
46	Muhammad Ali	Noor Muhammad	Yaqob bai village, District Char Dar Dara	35	Driver
47	Rahmat ullah	Muhammad Ali	Yaqob bai village, District Char Dar	14	Student
48	Ibrahim	Noor Muhammad	Yaqob bai village, District Char Dar	20	farmer
49	Saed Muhammad	Haji Jalat	Yaqob bai village, District Char Dar	33	Mill owner
50	Juma Gul	Haji Jalat	Yaqob bai village, District Char Dar	27	farmer
51	Asad ullah	Haji Jalat	Yaqob bai village, District Char Dar	22	Shopkeeper
52	Aman ulllah	Feroz	Yaqob bai village, District Char Dar	16	Shopkeeper
53	Hafeez ullah	Haji Nor ahmad	Haji Amanullah village, District Char Dara	28	Boat worker
54	Masjidi	Mir Rahman	Haji Amanullah village, District Char Dara	24	farmer
55	Sahamsudin	Mir Rahman	Haji Amanullah village, District Char Dara	17	Student
56	Ihsan ullah	Saed Muhammad	Haji Amanullah village, District Char Dara	19	Labor
57	Nasrat ullah	Muhammad ulllah	Haji Amanullah village, District Char Dara	25	farmer
58	Gulbadin	Jamaludin	Haji Amanullah village, District Char Dara	22	Labor
59	Din Muhammad	Juma khan	Haji Amanullah village, District Char Dara	45	Labor
60	Abdul Rahim	Mir Akbar	Haji Amanullah village, District Char Dara	17	Student
61	Asad ullah	Wali Jan	Haji Amanullah village, District Char Dara	19	Hotel worker
62	Faiz Muhammad	Jan Muhammad	Haji Amanullah village, District Char Dara	18	Shopkeeper
63	Ahmad Shah	Muhammad Dauod	Haji Amanullah village, District Char Dara	10	Student
64	Fazal Rahman	Mullah Abdul Rahman	Haji Amanullah village, District Char Dara	19	Labor
65	Muhammad Musa	Ghaeb ullah	Haji Amanullah village, District Char Dara	33	farmer
66	Abdul qayom	Haji Mida	Essa khel village, District Char Dara	26	farmer
67	Ali Muhammad	Jan Muhammad	Essa khel village, District Char Dara	30	farmer
68	Ahmad din	Saed Aleem	Essa khel village, District Char Dara	14	Student
69	Noor Alam	Salamat khan	Essa khel village, District Char Dara	25	Shopkeeper
70	Saed Rahim	Samandar	Essa khel village, District Char Dara	28	farmer
71	Aziz ullah	Saed Ahmad din	Essa khel village, District Char Dara	24	farmer
72	Bashir Ahmad	Ghami	Essa khel village, District Char Dara	32	farmer
73	Abdul Rahim	Ghulam	Essa khel village, District Char Dara	22	farmer
74	Amir Gul	Karim	Essa khel village, District Char Dara	30
75	Shah Wali	Mullah Akhtar	Haji Rustum village, District Char Dara	40
76	Juma khan	Haji Shalo	Haji Rustum village, District Char Dara	35	Driver
77	Ajab khan	Haji Shalo	Haji Rustum village, District Char Dara	32	Shopkeeper
78	Ikram udin	Adam khan	Haji Rustum village, District Char Dara	21	Labor
79	Jamal udin	Naeem udin	Haji Rustum village, District Char Dara	21	farmer

4. Conclusion: The above report substantiates that a most deplorable act of crime and atrocity has taken place in Kunduz province in which Afghan civilians have been targeted. The Charter of the United Nation, principles of the Amnesty International and the Geneva Conventions clearly oppose such crimes. If the United Nation, the Amnesty International and other human rights entities, the Islamic Conference and finally the so-called civilized world respect the value of the blood of a human being, their sincerity and commitment will be put to test following this horrendous event.

If the judges sitting in the Hague tribunal do not summon the perpetrators of this event to question them, or at least do not show reaction in the shape of condemnation against this event, then what face will they have to raise the voice of prosecuting perpetrators of crimes of humanity.

Ostensibly, they issue summons time and again to bring to book those who are involved in crimes of humanity. The event in Kunduz will prove that whether the world entities of human rights are sincerely working for the protections of human rights or they only raise empty slogans.

To end, we express our sympathy with the people of Kunduz for this atrocious event and suffice to remind them of the following divine message in order to deliver them from the violence of colonialism “Do not think Allah is unaware of the deed the wrongdoers do but He only postpones it until the Day when their eyes will be blurred. (True is the Word of Allah)