Government Executes Notorious Murderer
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From Times Wire Reports
Afghanistan has executed Abdullah Shah, a notorious commander convicted of murdering dozens of people, including four of his wives, in the first use of the death penalty since the Taliban fell, officials said.
The execution by a bullet to the head was personally approved by President Hamid Karzai.
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