Hands Off Cain
NEWS ARCHIVE·DEATH PENALTY·NOVEMBER 25, 2000
Afghanistan

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

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Mohammad Zahir and Suffi Aziz, residents of the Char Kent District of the [northern] Balkh Province were executed for murder. They had used an adze and an axe to kill five residents of the Pol-e-Khomri District in [eastern] Baghlan Province and robbed them their rightful goods. In line with a verdict passed by the court of litigation and the military court of the northern zone and with the approval of Amir ul-Momenin, the murderers were executed in public at the stadium in Mazar-e Sharif.
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  • (Sources: Radio Voice of Shariah monitored by BBC, 25/11/2000)