War On Terror: Soldier's Revenge: RAPE RAMPAGE; Taliban troops attack women fleeing battle.(News)

From: The Mirror (London, England) | Date: November 8, 2001 | Copyright information

Byline: GRAHAM BROUGH in north Afghanistan

TALIBAN soldiers are raping and killing villagers in revenge for the US bombings, refugees claimed yesterday.

More than 200 are now sheltering in a refugee camp behind Northern Alliance lines after escaping the terror.

One villager, Buzar Boy, 30, said men have been gunned down and women raped as they fled because the Taliban believe they support the opposition Northern Alliance.

He said: "There...

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