In December, the State Department issued a statement saying that it was "appalled by the reports" and that its own interviews in three separate locations appeared to confirm them.
It said its investigators had talked to 12 women who said they had been gang-raped by soldiers in the past five years.
"All of the victims under 15 appeared severely traumatized by their experiences, were disturbed mentally and spoke in whispers, if at all," the State Department said. "The older women sobbed violently as they recalled horrific incidents of their own rapes, as well as brutal rapes, torture and execution of family members."
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