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Mass Grave Found in Afghan Army Compound
Grave containing at least 10 human skulls is discovered in northern Afghanistan by construction workers digging the earth to build a car park in an army compound.
January 04, 2012
(REUTERS) Deh Dadi - The discovery of the grave in the northern Balkh province in the Deh Dadi district near the site of a major battle during the country's bloody civil war of the early 1990s is yet another reminder of the country's turbulent past.
"We brought 10 to 15 skeletons out of the grave and then stopped digging," said Mohammad Nahim, a spokesman for the Afghan army in the north said.