Taliban: Captured Afghan Commander Executed

Published October 26th, 2001 - 02:00 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

Former Afghan resistance commander Abdul Haq was executed in Afghanistan on Friday, a Taliban spokesman told AFP. 

"He was shot with a kalachinkov automatic rifle around 1:00 pm," Abdul Hanan Hemat, head of the Taliban's Bakhter information agency said. 

Abdul Haq, a guerrilla hero, was detained in Afghanistan on Friday by the Taliban -- KABUL 26 (AFP)  

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