Urgent Execution of Paghman Gang-Rape Criminals: Ulema Council

KABUL: (Middle East Press) The Ulema Council of Afghanistan has immediately urged execution of Paghman gang-rape convicts who initially abducted four women while they were returning from a wedding ceremony and were repeatedly raped besides their belongings were robbed.

The members of Ulema Council including the council’s chief Mawlavi Qeyamuddin Kashaf met with Afghan President Karzai on Saturday in ARG presidential palace.

Ulema Council members urged President Hamid Karzai to approve the death penalty for the convicts which was awarded by the primary court last week.

President Karzai said he will take immediate action once the examination of the convicts has been finalized by the other courts.

He said he approves the verdict of the primary court which sentenced the convicts to death.