The Taliban has executed a nephew of former mujahedin...

The Taliban has executed a nephew of former mujahedin commander Abdul Haq who was captured and hanged by the Islamic militia last month, family members said.
Izzatullah Khan Sahil, 22, escaped when the Taliban ambushed Abdul Haq on October 26 shortly after the exiled war veteran had entered the country from Pakistan to rally the southern Pashtun tribes to revolt against the Taliban regime.
But his cousin Mohammad Yousaf told AFP Wednesday that Izzatullah had been caught and hanged this week.
"According to our information, Izzat was later caught by the Taliban and put to death immediately this week," he said.
The family tried to secure the body but the Taliban refused and buried him in the family village of Surkhrood, in the eastern province of Nangarhar, he said.
Izzatullah had entered Afghanistan with Abdul Haq on October 21 on a mission to muster support among the Pashtun ethnic majority, the Taliban's main power base, for an alternative multi-ethnic government under the banner of ousted ex-king Mohammed Zahir Shah.