Abdullah Shah

Abdullah Shah

Abdullah Shah (? - April 20, 2004) was an AfghanFact|date=September 2008 man was found guilty in Kabul of killing more than 20 peopleFact|date=September 2008, including his wife.Fact|date=September 2008 His sanctioned execution was the first in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban in late 2001Fact|date=September 2008 . Shah served under Zardad Khan, who served under Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. Shah earned the nickname Zardad's dog because he was known to attack people like a dog. In the early 1990s, Shah and Zardad robbed travelers on the road from Kabul to Jalalabad.

Shah was first convicted in special court proceedings in October 2002. Nine people testified against him at the trial, including another wife he tried to set on fire. The bodies of many of Shah's victims were found in a well in Paghman district.

The execution in the Pul-e-Charkhi jail. Interim president Hamid Karzai signed off on the death warrant.

At the execution, Shah was shot in the back of the head. Witnesses present included representatives of the Afghan police and the Attorney General's office, and doctors.

Amnesty International protested against the execution claiming Afghanistan avoided basic standards of fairness. Amnesty International added that Abdullah Shah was probably silenced so he could not testify against commanders allied to the government. It said Shah was not provided a defense attorney, the trial was secret, a confession was obtained under torture, and that the first judge in his case was dismissed for taking a bribe. The second judge came under pressure from the Supreme Court to impose the sentence.


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