Afghanistan 2001
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News on Afghanistan in 2001
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Eight foreign aid workers on trial in Afghanistan for...
Eight foreign aid workers on trial in Afghanistan for promoting Christianity have told the ruling Taliban's Supreme Court they want to hire one lawyer to defend them as a group, an American diplomat said
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The European Union's Development and Humanitarian Aid...
The European Union's Development and Humanitarian Aid Commissioner Poul Nielson said he would discuss the trial of foreign aid workers with representatives of Afghanistan's ruling Taliban during a visit scheduled for September 12-19
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Afghanistan's ruling Taliban said Western diplomats...
Afghanistan's ruling Taliban said Western diplomats could visit eight foreign aid workers to discuss their trial for promoting Christianity once the eight decide if they want legal representation
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court of Afghanistan's ruling Taliban completed...
The Supreme Court of Afghanistan's ruling Taliban completed the fifth day of the trial of eight foreign aid workers accused of promoting Christianity, without their presence in court, saying it awaited word on how they wanted to defend themselves
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The foreign minister of Afghanistan's ruling Taliban...
The foreign minister of Afghanistan's ruling Taliban was quoted saying the hard-line movement might consider swapping eight detained foreign aid workers for an Islamic militant, Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman, jailed in the United States
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The eight foreign aid workers on trial for promoting...
The eight foreign aid workers on trial for promoting Christianity in Islamic Afghanistan appeared for the first time in the ruling Taliban's Supreme Court, saying they were innocent of proselytising
- SEPTEMBER 7, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The Taleban Government intensified its campaign against...
The Taleban Government intensified its campaign against Western aid organisations in Afghanistan, displaying an array of Bibles and Christian films which it said had been confiscated from charity workers expelled
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Islamist sources said Afghanistan's ruling Taliban...
Islamist sources said Afghanistan's ruling Taliban were considering a prisoner swap with the United States as a trial in Kabul of eight foreign aid workers for promoting Christianity -a charge that carries the death penalty - began its third day
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The UN special envoy to Afghanistan, Francesc Vendrell,...
The UN special envoy to Afghanistan, Francesc Vendrell, arrived in the Afghan capital saying he would talk to the ruling Taliban about the fate of 24 aid workers accused of promoting Christianity
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
A senior Taleban official has warned that foreign aid...
A senior Taleban official has warned that foreign aid workers on trial in Afghanistan on charges of preaching Christianity could be executed
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The chief justice of Afghanistan's ruling Taliban said...
The chief justice of Afghanistan's ruling Taliban said the trial of eight foreign aid workers accused of promoting Christianity had begun
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Abdul Hai, Taliban's deputy minister for Promotion...
Abdul Hai, Taliban's deputy minister for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, said that under Islamic laws, converts would be given three days to renounce Christianity and they could be spared the capital punishment if they repented
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The United Nations called for a fair trial of all 24...
The United Nations called for a fair trial of all 24 foreign and Afghan aid workers detained by Afghanistan's Taliban rulers on the charge of promoting Christianity
- AUGUST 29, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Bakhtar Information Agency reported that a man known...
Bakhtar Information Agency reported that a man known as Adamshah, convicted of murder, was executed
- AUGUST 9, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
It was reported on Afghan Taleban radio that Awlia...
It was reported on Afghan Taleban radio that Awlia Khan was publicly executed in the Sena sports ground in Mazar-e Sharif
- AUGUST 8, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
A U.S. official said that Afghanistan's ruling Taliban...
A U.S. official said that Afghanistan's ruling Taliban told the United States that a decree issued in June prescribes expulsion, not the death penalty, for foreigners preaching other religions to Afghan Muslims
- AUGUST 8, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Afghanistan's ruling Taliban movement on publicly hanged...
Afghanistan's ruling Taliban movement on publicly hanged the four men convicted of setting off bombs in the capital and strung their bodies from cranes and a traffic tower in Kabul
- AUGUST 8, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Anyone found trying to convert Afghan Muslims to Christianity...
Anyone found trying to convert Afghan Muslims to Christianity - or anyone who converts - faces the death penalty under the Taliban's strict interpretation of Islamic Sharia law
- AUGUST 7, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The head of the Taleban sentenced to death four men...
The head of the Taleban sentenced to death four men for masterminding a number of bomb blasts in the Afghan capital Kabul in November 2000, Afghan Taleban radio said
- AUGUST 7, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said the...
Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said the government will do all it can to secure the release of two Australian aid workers, Diana Thomas and Peter Bunch, arrested in Afghanistan on August 6
- AUGUST 5, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
An armed Afghan bandit, sentenced to death for clashes...
An armed Afghan bandit, sentenced to death for clashes with Iranian police and carrying narcotics, was hanged in the northeastern city of Sabzevar in Iran's Khorasan Province
- AUGUST 5, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Afghanistan's Taliban rulers have arrested 24 aid workers,...
Afghanistan's Taliban rulers have arrested 24 aid workers, including two Americans, on charges of trying to convert Muslims to Christianity
- AUGUST 1, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Abdol Ghani was executed in Ghazni Province's Qarabagh...
Abdol Ghani was executed in Ghazni Province's Qarabagh District
- JULY 28, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
A convicted murderer was executed at a public meeting...
A convicted murderer was executed at a public meeting in Laghman Province, the Afghan Taleban radio said
- JULY 28, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Ahmad Samanzehi, an armed Afghan bandit, sentenced...
Ahmad Samanzehi, an armed Afghan bandit, sentenced to death by an Iranian revolutionary court for illegal possession of prohibited drugs, was hanged at dawn in northeastern Iran
- JULY 27, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Abdol Qayum was executed in a sports ground in the...
Abdol Qayum was executed in a sports ground in the western Herat Province
- JULY 16, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
A Loya Jirga [assembly of elders] of North Waziristan...
A Loya Jirga [assembly of elders] of North Waziristan tribesman at Ladha Tehsil ordered the execution of an Afghan accused of murder
- JULY 15, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Taleban radio reported that two murderers had been...
Taleban radio reported that two murderers had been publicly executed at the Abu Nasar sports field in Farah Province
- JULY 13, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Two men convicted of murder were publicly executed...
Two men convicted of murder were publicly executed at the Mazar-e Sharif [Balkh Province, northern Afghanistan] sports ground
- JUNE 26, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Allah Mohammad was publicly executed in front of thousands...
Allah Mohammad was publicly executed in front of thousands of onlookers after he had been found guilty of murder