15 executions break Afghan moratorium

[maddezmom]

Source: AP

KABUL, Afghanistan - Ending a three-year moratorium on the death penalty, Afghanistan executed 15 prisoners by gunfire, including a man convicted of killing three foreign journalists during the U.S.-led invasion, the prisons chief announced Monday.

The United Nations protested the executions, which could complicate the missions of some NATO nations here.

The mass execution took place Sunday evening according to Afghan law, which calls for condemned prisoners to be shot to death, said Abdul Salam Ismat, who oversees Afghanistan's prisons.

On Tuesday, Humayun Hamidzada, a presidential spokesman, said Afghanistan will continue with executions of inmates on death row, saying they will be a lesson "for those who are committing such crimes, as murder, kidnapping, adultery and rapes."



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[monktonman]

1. ok, murder, kidnapping and rapes, pretty serious.

But adultery?
And of course only women can be adulterers in Afghanistan.
wow.

[LeftHander]

2. Freedom is reigning now....nt