Afghanistan 2000
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
News on Afghanistan in 2000
- DECEMBER 20, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The General Assembly adopted, without a vote, a resolution...
The General Assembly adopted, without a vote, a resolution on Afghanistan
- DECEMBER 14, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
On December 14, 2000, the country's warring rivals,...
On December 14, 2000, the country's warring rivals, the ruling Taleban and opposition Northern Alliance, held informal peace talks for the first time in 2000
- DECEMBER 6, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Six [unidentified] people were executed in Panjshir...
Six [unidentified] people were executed in Panjshir [the Northern Alliance's stronghold in the eastern Kapisa Province] for the murder of prominent opposition commander Abdullah Jan Wahidi
- NOVEMBER 25, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad Zahir and Suffi Aziz, residents of the Char...
Mohammad Zahir and Suffi Aziz, residents of the Char Kent District of the [northern] Balkh Province were executed for murder
- NOVEMBER 1, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
An Afghan found guilty of murder was executed by the...
An Afghan found guilty of murder was executed by the Taleban authorities in Shanran, the capital of Afghanistan's southeastern Paktika Province
- OCTOBER 22, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Dad Mohammad was executed in public at a sports stadium...
Dad Mohammad was executed in public at a sports stadium in the town of Kandahar after being found guilty of murdering Aleph Khan, a resident of Ghazni Province
- OCTOBER 19, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Najibollah was publicly executed for murder after being...
Najibollah was publicly executed for murder after being convicted by a judicial panel of the military court
- OCTOBER 2, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Three men accused of murder and robbery were executed...
Three men accused of murder and robbery were executed in Kandahar, capital of the southern Kandahar Province
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Afghanistan's ruling Taleban movement publicly executed...
Afghanistan's ruling Taleban movement publicly executed Ahmad Zaki and Gul Ahmad
- AUGUST 28, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Badshah was publicly executed for murder after being...
Badshah was publicly executed for murder after being caught by security services
- AUGUST 28, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Abdur Rahman was executed for murder by his victim's...
Abdur Rahman was executed for murder by his victim's brother in the sports stadium of southern Kandahar
- AUGUST 26, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
A man using the name of Taleban was executed in public...
A man using the name of Taleban was executed in public by hanging after a military court had found him guilty of murdering three women and kidnapping another
- AUGUST 22, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Pacha Khan was publicly executed for murder by the...
Pacha Khan was publicly executed for murder by the heir of the deceased before thousands of people in the Zormat district
- AUGUST 17, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
A resident of Sangcharak of Sar-e Pol District was...
A resident of Sangcharak of Sar-e Pol District was publicly executed in front of a thousand Muslims in the town of Mazar-e Sharif in northern Afghanistan
- JULY 27, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad Ashraf was publicly executed in the football...
Mohammad Ashraf was publicly executed in the football ground of the provincial capital Jalalabad
- JULY 21, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Mohammed Daoud was publicly executed for the murder...
Mohammed Daoud was publicly executed for the murder of two people
- JULY 11, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Shew Padshah was executed in accordance with the verdict...
Shew Padshah was executed in accordance with the verdict passed by the Shari'ah courts for shooting and killing a resident of Qarabagh
- JULY 5, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Mohammed Ersha was executed for murder by his victim's...
Mohammed Ersha was executed for murder by his victim's son before thousands of people in the provinces main sports field in Kandahar
- JULY 3, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad Hakim was put to death in the Baghlan province...
Mohammad Hakim was put to death in the Baghlan province for murder
- JUNE 16, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Gholam Ghaws was executed in public at the sports stadium...
Gholam Ghaws was executed in public at the sports stadium of the Herat Province
- MAY 17, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Russia's representative to the United Nations Sergey...
Russia's representative to the United Nations Sergey Lavrov expressed concern about the execution of prisoners of war and civilians in Afghanistan
- MAY 14, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The Taleban Minister of Information and Culture Mowlawi...
The Taleban Minister of Information and Culture Mowlawi Qudratollah Jamal, denied the opposition allegations regarding the killing of a number of opposition prisoners
- MAY 12, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Abdul Rahim, a 22-year-old Syrian, said he was facing...
Abdul Rahim, a 22-year-old Syrian, said he was facing possible execution in Afghanistan for espionage
- MAY 11, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The Anti-Taleban North Alliance accused the Taleban...
The Anti-Taleban North Alliance accused the Taleban Islamic Movement of executing 198 supporters of the Alliance who had been captured during the conflict
- MAY 9, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
More than 90 non-Pashtu Afghans were shot dead by the...
More than 90 non-Pashtu Afghans were shot dead by the Taleban in a village near Aibak, in the Taleban-controlled Samangan province
- APRIL 18, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
A Dubai court of appeal upheld the death sentence imposed...
A Dubai court of appeal upheld the death sentence imposed on a thirty-one-year-old Afghan man for possessing and selling drugs
- APRIL 12, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
A murderer was executed in public by the Taliban authorities...
A murderer was executed in public by the Taliban authorities in Maimana city in Faryab province of Afghanistan
- FEBRUARY 18, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Two Afghan citizens, Nurkhonboy U
Two Afghan citizens, Nurkhonboy U
- FEBRUARY 14, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
A ten-year-old-boy, watched by his mother, sister and...
A ten-year-old-boy, watched by his mother, sister and six-year-old brother executed Mohammad Hashem, the man convicted of his father's murder
- FEBRUARY 14, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Thirteen Afghans appeared in court charged with the...
Thirteen Afghans appeared in court charged with the Ariana hijacking after the Stansted airport four day stand-off