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Capital punishment in Afghanistan
Capital
punishment
is a legal
penalty
in
Afghanistan
.
The following is a
list of
some state executions carried out by
the Government
of Afghanistan:
April 2004 -
Abdullah Shah
executed
inside the
Pul-e-Charkhi prison
outside
Kabul
.
October 2007 - Fifteen prisoners were
executed by shooting
inside Pul-e-Charkhi
prison
in Kabul, including
Reza Khan
.
June 2011 - Two
mass
killers were
executed by hanging
in Pul-e-Charkhi prison. One of
the killers
was Zar Ajam, a 17-year-old from
Waziristan
, Pakistan, who had randomly
shot
dead
40 people inside a branch of
Kabul Bank
in
Jalalabad, Afghanistan
.
November 2012
- Fourteen prisoners were hanged inside Pul-e-Charkhi prison.
October 2014
- Five men were executed by
hanging
inside Pul-e-Charkhi prison. The men were
accused
of robbery and
gang
rapes
.