2013: Afghanistan reconciliation - 5,000 people killed between 1978 and 1979

Shortly after the release of the names of nearly 5,000 people who were killed by the Afghan Communist government between 1978 and 1979, Afghan President Hamid Karzai says that reconciliation is more important than prosecution.

To: 
General public
From: 
Afghanistan
Year of Apology: 
2013
Footnote: 
Nordland, Rod. “Old Atrocities, Now Official, Galvanize Afghanistan.” New York Times. September 30, 2013.