Afghanistan 2001
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News on Afghanistan in 2001
- JUNE 18, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad Qasem was publicly executed in the Shindand...
Mohammad Qasem was publicly executed in the Shindand district
- JUNE 16, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Abdol Momen was publicly executed for murder in Baghis...
Abdol Momen was publicly executed for murder in Baghis province
- JUNE 14, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Afghanistan's ruling Taliban militia executed eight...
Afghanistan's ruling Taliban militia executed eight men on the Afghan-Tajik border in full view of Russian border guards, a Russian military source in the Tajik capital Dushanbe said
- MAY 24, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
A man convicted of being a murderer, thief and adulterer...
A man convicted of being a murderer, thief and adulterer was executed before thousands of citizens in the Aqcha District in Jowzjan
- MAY 1, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Janat Gul, who had consciously killed his wife Bebi...
Janat Gul, who had consciously killed his wife Bebi Ayesha was executed in front of thousands of people in Leva plain, Laghman Province
- APRIL 25, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Four Afghan drug traffickers were hanged in Birjand,...
Four Afghan drug traffickers were hanged in Birjand, in Iran's northeastern Khorassan province
- APRIL 22, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Namatollah (phonetic) was executed at Kandahar stadium...
Namatollah (phonetic) was executed at Kandahar stadium after being found guilty of murder
- FEBRUARY 25, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Three unidentified Afghan bandits were publicly hanged...
Three unidentified Afghan bandits were publicly hanged in the Iranian province of Khorasan near the border with Afghanistan
- FEBRUARY 23, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Afghanistan's ultra-orthodox Taliban regime publicly...
Afghanistan's ultra-orthodox Taliban regime publicly executed two women and flogged a dozen others convicted of adultery in the southern city of Kandahar, the official Radio Shariat said Saturday
- FEBRUARY 20, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
An Afghan national, Shalif Alizehi, was executed in...
An Afghan national, Shalif Alizehi, was executed in Iran after being found guilty of robbery, rape and drug-trafficking
- JANUARY 29, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The Afghan Northern Alliance said that the Taleban...
The Afghan Northern Alliance said that the Taleban herded together civilians from the villages of Bodmoshki, Gardigag and Shahar Nik and executed 500 by firing squad the Yakawlang District earlier in the month
- JANUARY 21, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Wazir bin Zarif Shinwari, an Afghan man, was beheaded...
Wazir bin Zarif Shinwari, an Afghan man, was beheaded in the western city of Jiddah in Saudi Arabia
- JANUARY 19, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said that Taleban...
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said that Taleban had executed at least 100 civilians after recapturing an area of central Afghanistan early in January, 2001
- JANUARY 8, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Taliban's supreme leader Mulla Mohammad Omar issued...
Taliban's supreme leader Mulla Mohammad Omar issued a decree of ban on conversion from Islam
- JANUARY 1, 2001AfghanistanDEATH 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
- JANUARY 1, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Afghan law does not prohibit the execution of an individual...
Afghan law does not prohibit the execution of an individual who was under the age of 18 at the time the crime was committed