A court in Kabul, Afghanistan, convicted two Afghans...

A court in Kabul, Afghanistan, convicted two Afghans for the murder of Bettina Goislard, a 29 year old French UN staffer and sentenced them to death.
The court sentenced Zia Ahmad and Abdul Nabi to death for the 16 November 2003 fatal shooting of Goislard, who was sitting in a UN vehicle at the time outside a bazaar in the eastern city of Ghazni, 80 miles south of the capital, Kabul.
Ghazni Governor Haji Asadullah Khalid said the men, whose ages weren't known, had denied the crime and could appeal. Afghan authorities said the two motorcycle-riding gunmen had initially confessed to the crime, and to being members of the Taliban.
Khalid insisted there was no doubt about the men's guilt and that the Kabul courts were perfectly able to decide their fate. "They killed Bettina in Afghanistan, and they are two Afghans," he said. "In French law they don't have (the death penalty), but here we do."