These empty pits are all that remains of the mass graves in the Dasht-e Leili desert of north Afghanistan where the bodies of hundreds of suspected Taliban and al Qaida detainees were dumped in late-2001. Tom Lasseter / MCTU.S. Keeps Silent As Afghan Ally Removes War Crime Evidence -- McClatchy Washington
DASHT-E LEILI, Afghanistan — Seven years ago, a convoy of container trucks rumbled across northern Afghanistan loaded with a human cargo of suspected Taliban and al Qaida members who'd surrendered to Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum, an Afghan warlord and a key U.S. ally in ousting the Taliban regime.
When the trucks arrived at a prison in the town of Sheberghan, near Dostum's headquarters, they were filled with corpses. Most of the prisoners had suffocated, and others had been killed by bullets that Dostum's militiamen had fired into the metal containers.
Dostum's men hauled the bodies into the nearby desert and buried them in mass graves, according to Afghan human rights officials. By some estimates, 2,000 men were buried there.
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My Comment: These are our Afghan allies. Makes you wonder if the fight is really worth it .... and then you realize the Taliban are ten times worse.
Sighhh ..... Afghanistan was never going to be an easy war, but a long term project that will last 20, 30, maybe 50 years. Does Nato have the patience for a 50 year conflict? .... the answer is no.