Afghanistan: prisoners suffocate in containers

The journey from Kunduz to Shibargan, in northern Afghanistan, lasts between two and three days and 43 prisoners died, according to General Jurabek, of the Northern Alliance, some due to asphyxiation and others, due to the wounds they had received in battle and which had not been properly treated.

One survivor is quoted as saying that in his container, only seven people survived.

Timofei BYELO