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Aerial view of Pul-e Charkhi prison in Kabul, Afghanistan
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Afghanistan: Challenges of trying a war crimes veteran in The Hague
On Tuesday 22 February, the District Court of The Hague closed its latest universal jurisdiction trial, against an Afghan-Dutch national alleged to have been head of the Pul-e-Charki prison in Kabul in the 1980s. But the trial has been rife with challenges around this war crimes probe.
By Thijs Bouwknegt, for JusticeInfo.net
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