As a human rights worker in Uruzgan, Abdul Ghafar Stanikzai tried to help distraught families seeking answers about their dead sons. He’d given up hope they’d ever get them
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Dr Abdul Ghafar Stanikzai’s dusty office in downtown Tarin Kowt in Uruzgan was often a place of misery during the Australian military’s deployment to the province.
A procession of distressed relatives and elders would troop into his tiny room to sit cross-legged on the red carpet and beg the human rights program manager for news of their loved ones.
