Abbas Ali Khan - Bosnian War

Bosnian War

His next assignment was as a UN military observer during the Bosnian War in 1995. During his tenure he was given an additional charge as the Chief Logistics Officer for the UN Mission in Bosnia. Abbas witnessed the atrocities committed by the Serb Army on both the Bosnian Muslims and the Croats in one of the worst incidents of ethnic cleansing in history. On several occasions his military convoy flying the UN flag was looted and in one instance he and a fellow officer from New Zealand were forced to walk miles in heavy snow as their vehicle was taken by Serb forces. The officer has a lot of horrific accounts of the war, but has since spoken much less about the war.