Kabul (IP) - Afghan university professor and lawyer says the judicial immunity of foreign military forces in Afghanistan provided the opportunity to commit crimes against humanity for 20 years.

Iran PressAsia: Abd al-Basir Nabizadeh, in an interview with an Iran Press correspondent in Kabul referred to the disclosure of the crimes of British forces in southern Afghanistan and the killing of 54 Afghan civilians, saying: "Unfortunately, the Afghan government and human rights organizations have not investigated the issue of judicial immunity of these forces during the 20 years of the presence of foreign forces in Afghanistan."

British special forces killed Afghan men and even teenagers in a similar manner during a six-month mission in southern Afghanistan, news sources recently reported.

The Afghan university professor and lawyer said that foreign forces committed various crimes in this country due to judicial immunity and lack of accountability to the Afghan government and human rights institutions.

Abd al-Basir Nabizadeh said that the impunity and lack of supervision of the actions of foreign forces in Afghanistan caused their crimes to spread, and after the withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan, its hidden dimensions are being revealed.

He added that the crimes against humanity committed by foreign forces in Afghanistan should be investigated by the International Committee of the Red Cross and Human Rights Watch, one of their important duties is to monitor the observance of human rights during the war.

The university professor and Afghan lawyer emphasized that if the violation of human rights during the war is revealed to these two international organizations, they should follow up and file a lawsuit, and the disclosure of the crime of the British forces in Afghanistan is a test of the legitimacy and mission of the organizations supporting human rights.

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