The Death Convoy of Afghanistan: Witness reports and the probing of a mass grave point to war crimes. Does the United States have any responsibility for the atrocities of its allies? A NEWSWEEK investigation.

From: Newsweek | Date: August 26, 2002| Author: Dehghanpisheh, Babak; Barry, John; Gutman, Roy | Copyright information

Byline: Babak Dehghanpisheh, John Barry and Roy Gutman

Trudging over the moonscape of Dasht-e Leili, a desolate expanse of low rolling hills in northern Afghanistan, Bill Haglund spotted clues half-buried in the gray-beige sand. Strings of prayer beads. A woolen skullcap. A few shoes. Those remnants, along with track marks and blade scrapes left by a bulldozer, suggested that Haglund had found what he was looking for. Then he came across a human tibia, three sets of pelvi...

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