Afshar Massacre Remembrance

Students and young people take part in a remembrance ceremony for the hundreds of people from the Afghan Hazara minority who were were massacred in an attack by forces allied to the ministry of defense of Burhanuddin Rabbani's Government in February 1993. Afshar District, Kabul, Afghanistan. 12/02/2010.

At one o'clock on the morning of the 11th February, while the inhabitants of the Afshar district lay asleep in their beds, the Institute of Social Sciences was attacked from three sides: from the west, from the north and south.

Following this attack, forces raided the area. For the next 24 hours they killed, raped, set fire to homes, and took young boys and girls as captives. By the time the news was broadcast in Kabul and internationally the following day, some 700 people were estimated to have been killed or to have disappeared. One year later, when parts of the district were retaken by forces, several mass graves were unearthed containing a further 58 bodies.

The gathering, mostly coordinated by young people and students, took place Friday to remember and pray for the victims of the massacre, an event which, according to many, has been left forgotten by both the government and the people.

Students and young people take part in a remembrance ceremony for the hundreds of people from the Afghan Hazara minority who were were massacred in an attack by forces allied to the ministry of defense of Burhanuddin Rabbani's Government in February 1993. Afshar District, Kabul, Afghanistan. 12/02/2010.

At one o'clock on the morning of the 11th February, while the inhabitants of the Afshar district lay asleep in their beds, the Institute of Social Sciences was attacked from three sides: from the west, from the north and south.

Following this attack, forces raided the area. For the next 24 hours they killed, raped, set fire to homes, and took young boys and girls as captives. By the time the news was broadcast in Kabul and internationally the following day, some 700 people were estimated to have been killed or to have disappeared. One year later, when parts of the district were retaken by forces, several mass graves were unearthed containing a further 58 bodies.

The gathering, mostly coordinated by young people and students, took place Friday to remember and pray for the victims of the massacre, an event which, according to many, has been left forgotten by both the government and the people.

Students and young people take part in a remembrance ceremony for the hundreds of people from the Afghan Hazara minority who were were massacred in an attack by forces allied to the ministry of defense of Burhanuddin Rabbani's Government in February 1993. Afshar District, Kabul, Afghanistan. 12/02/2010.

At one o'clock on the morning of the 11th February, while the inhabitants of the Afshar district lay asleep in their beds, the Institute of Social Sciences was attacked from three sides: from the west, from the north and south.

Following this attack, forces raided the area. For the next 24 hours they killed, raped, set fire to homes, and took young boys and girls as captives. By the time the news was broadcast in Kabul and internationally the following day, some 700 people were estimated to have been killed or to have disappeared. One year later, when parts of the district were retaken by forces, several mass graves were unearthed containing a further 58 bodies.

The gathering, mostly coordinated by young people and students, took place Friday to remember and pray for the victims of the massacre, an event which, according to many, has been left forgotten by both the government and the people.

Students and young people take part in a remembrance ceremony for the hundreds of people from the Afghan Hazara minority who were were massacred in an attack by forces allied to the ministry of defense of Burhanuddin Rabbani's Government in February 1993. Afshar District, Kabul, Afghanistan. 12/02/2010.

At one o'clock on the morning of the 11th February, while the inhabitants of the Afshar district lay asleep in their beds, the Institute of Social Sciences was attacked from three sides: from the west, from the north and south.

Following this attack, forces raided the area. For the next 24 hours they killed, raped, set fire to homes, and took young boys and girls as captives. By the time the news was broadcast in Kabul and internationally the following day, some 700 people were estimated to have been killed or to have disappeared. One year later, when parts of the district were retaken by forces, several mass graves were unearthed containing a further 58 bodies.

The gathering, mostly coordinated by young people and students, took place Friday to remember and pray for the victims of the massacre, an event which, according to many, has been left forgotten by both the government and the people.

Students and young people take part in a remembrance ceremony for the hundreds of people from the Afghan Hazara minority who were were massacred in an attack by forces allied to the ministry of defense of Burhanuddin Rabbani's Government in February 1993. Afshar District, Kabul, Afghanistan. 12/02/2010.

At one o'clock on the morning of the 11th February, while the inhabitants of the Afshar district lay asleep in their beds, the Institute of Social Sciences was attacked from three sides: from the west, from the north and south.

Following this attack, forces raided the area. For the next 24 hours they killed, raped, set fire to homes, and took young boys and girls as captives. By the time the news was broadcast in Kabul and internationally the following day, some 700 people were estimated to have been killed or to have disappeared. One year later, when parts of the district were retaken by forces, several mass graves were unearthed containing a further 58 bodies.

The gathering, mostly coordinated by young people and students, took place Friday to remember and pray for the victims of the massacre, an event which, according to many, has been left forgotten by both the government and the people.