Nine 'Hardcore Terrorists' Given Death Penalty in Pakistan

Pakistan's military courts have handed down the death penalty to nine men the courts described as "hardcore terrorists." The military said Friday the condemned men include an al-Qaida militant and a member of the Pakistani Taliban. It was not immediately clear when or where the men would be executed. Pakistan lifted a 2008 moratorium on the death penalty after a massacre at a Peshawar school killed 134 children in 2014.  Critics say the military court trials...

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