The Afghan government has confirmed it’s enacted a law providing blanket amnesty for any war crimes or human rights abuses committed before 2001. President Hamid Karzai had promised not to sign the measure when Afghan lawmakers approved it three years ago. But an Afghan government spokesperson said the measure was enacted anyway because it was approved with a two-thirds parliamentary majority, which would remove the need for Karzai’s signature. Human rights groups have voiced criticism in recent years amidst speculation the law was enacted. Brad Adams of Human Rights Watch called the law “a disgrace” and “a slap in the face to all the Afghans who suffered for years and years of war crimes and warlordism.”