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an Afghan court ruled that two brothers should be executed for their involvement in the killing of four journalists in 2001.
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an Afghan court ruled that two brothers should be executed for their involvement in the killing of four journalists in 2001.
Zar Jan and Abdul Wahid had confessed to partial involvement in the killing of the journalists about 90 kilometers east of Kabul, days after US-led forces overthrew the Taliban government.
Five other men, described as accomplices of the pair, were each sentenced to 20 years in jail for other criminal acts such as highway robbery and theft.
The journalists were traveling in a press convoy from Jalalabad, to Kabul, when they were stopped by a group of bandits. They were pulled from their vehicles and shot dead.
Zar Jan and Abdul Wahid had confessed to partial involvement in the killing of the journalists about 90 kilometers east of Kabul, days after US-led forces overthrew the Taliban government.
Five other men, described as accomplices of the pair, were each sentenced to 20 years in jail for other criminal acts such as highway robbery and theft.
The journalists were traveling in a press convoy from Jalalabad, to Kabul, when they were stopped by a group of bandits. They were pulled from their vehicles and shot dead.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: www.abc.net.au, 28/10/2005)
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