China News Service, Beijing, September 1 (Reporter Liang Xiaohui) Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin pointed out at a regular press conference on September 1 that although the U.S. military has withdrawn from Afghanistan, the U.S. military and its allies have committed crimes in Afghanistan in the past 20 years. The crime of massacre of civilians must be investigated clearly.

　　A reporter asked questions. According to reports, on August 26, a terrorist attack near Kabul Airport caused hundreds of casualties.

Some of the wounded disclosed that the US military fired at the people after the explosion, causing more casualties.

On the 29th, the US military in Afghanistan used drones to attack a residential building in Kabul on the grounds of anti-terrorism, killing 10 civilians, the youngest of whom was only 2 years old.

What is the spokesperson's comment on this?

　　Wang Wenbin said he had taken note of relevant reports.

"Public reports show that there are frequent killings of civilians by the US military in Afghanistan."

　　In 2002, the US military air strikes a wedding banquet site in Uruzgan Province, killing dozens of civilians and injuring more than a hundred others.

　　In 2008, the US military air strikes a village in Herat Province, killing nearly 100 civilians, including 50 children and 19 women.

　　In 2010, NATO forces air strikes in Dekundi Province, killing at least 33 people.

　　In 2012, the British "Daily Telegraph" published a video in which four American soldiers were extremely insulting to the remains of Taliban personnel.

　　In 2015, the Afghan anti-narcotics police force was attacked by NATO fighter planes during its mission, and 15 policemen were killed.

　　In 2019, U.S. drones launched an attack in Nangarhar Province, killing at least 30 Afghan farmers.

A former U.S. soldier and drone operator stated in his testimony to the UN Committee of Experts that the U.S. drone attack was purely "killing for the sake of killing." The number of civilian deaths in Afghanistan caused by U.S. air strikes far exceeded the official US government statistics. number.

Statistics show that as of April 2020, at least 47,245 Afghan civilians have been killed in the war in Afghanistan launched by the United States.

　　"Although the U.S. military has withdrawn from Afghanistan, the crime of killing civilians committed by the U.S. military and its allies in Afghanistan in the past 20 years must be investigated clearly, and the perpetrators must be brought to justice." Wang Wenbin emphasized that the lives of the Afghan people should be defended. The human rights of the Afghan people should be safeguarded.

This is about the international rule of law, international justice and the progress of human rights.

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