Afghanistan Executes 6 Terror Convicts

Authorities in Afghanistan hanged six men on death row who were convicted of “grave crimes against civilians and public security.” Taliban officials swiftly confirmed those executed belonged to the insurgent group and vowed to “take immediate, bloody revenge.” The executions of the terrorists took place in a Kabul prison Sunday on the orders of President Ashraf Ghani, his office confirmed to VOA. The move came after last month’s complex suicide bombing in the Afghan capital that...

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