Information on the activities of the secret police, KHAD, in and around the city of Herat in the period from 1989 to 1992 [AFG15367.E]

Sources currently available to the DIRB do not refer to the activities of the secret police, KHAD, in and around the city of Herat in the period from 1989 to 1992.

This response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find attached the list of sources consulted in researching this information request.

Additional Sources Consulted


Amnesty International File.

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_____.1992. Amnesty International Report 1992. New York: Amnesty International U.S.A.

_____.1991. Amnesty International Report 1991. New York: Amnesty International U.S.A.

_____.1990. Amnesty International Report 1990. New York: Amnesty International U.S.A.

Country Reports for Human Rights Practices for 1992. 1993. United States Department of State. Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office.

Country Reports for Human Rights Practices for 1991. 1992. United States Department of State. Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office.

Country Reports for Human Rights Practices for 1990. 1991. United States Department of State. Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office.

Country Reports for Human Rights Practices for 1989. 1990. United States Department of State. Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office.

Human Rights Watch. February 1991. Afghanistan: The Forgotten War. New York: Human Rights Watch.

Kessing's Record of World Events [Cambridge]. 1992.

_____. 1991.

_____. 1990.

_____. 1989.