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Abdol Qayum was executed in a sports ground in the...

Abdol Qayum was executed in a sports ground in the western Herat Province

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Abdol Qayum was executed in a sports ground in the western Herat Province. He was condemned to death by three courts for the murder of Nazar Mohammad and executed with the approval of His Eminence Amir ol-Momenin [the Taleban supreme leader].
Wazir Ahmed, who had killed Nesar Ahmed had also been sentenced to death, but was pardoned by the heir of his victim when shari'ah law was about to be applied to him at the sports ground in Herat Province in front of thousands of people.
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  • (Sources: Bakhtar Information Agency, Radio Voice of Shari'ah monitored by BBC, 28/07/2001)