The transcript of a statement given by Naseer Ahmad (Pare) to military prosecutors.

Partial translation:

"We were having tea when the Americans arrived and said that they would also have tea. A few were foreigners and others were Afghans. While we were pouring tea and sugar, we were blindfolded us and then taken to their camp. There we were beaten up. It felt like they were hitting us with a cable or something made of rubber. This continued until the 17th or 18th. Eventually, my brother who was younger than me died in camp due to beatings and was martyred at 1:30.

When my brother was martyred, I was not allowed to see him. Around 5:00 o'clock, a Farsi translator appeared and said that he would go and get a coffin and transport the martyr.

When I entered I saw a plastic tube in my brother's mouth and an intravenous needle stuck in his arm. And as I was looking at him, three of the high-ranking foreigners came and told the translators to ask me who had beaten the person up. And I told them, 'I was blindfolded. And I couldn't see because he was separated from me.' At the same time, one of the foreigners grabbed the collar of another of the foreigners and told him that this person should not have been tortured, but just shot. Then, they left and I prepared the body for burial according to Islamic custom.

One of the high-ranking foreigners returned and said: 'We respect your religion. Please forgive us. We acted very badly towards you because of a misunderstanding.' And they asked whether there was anything they could do to make amends. And I told them I would never desecrate my brother's martyrdom, and even if they gave me something I would burn it.

Until 10:00 o'clock at night, I was sitting with my brother's coffin. Then, three cars came from the Security Command for the Paktia Province and transported my brother's body in an ambulance. I was with the coffin in the car and then my relatives were informed by the Security forces and arrived to take the coffin away.

We stayed there and were later transported to Kabul where we were told that we would be freed. Our stay in Kabul was due to treatment for the injuries suffered because of the beatings."

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