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'''Reza Khan''' (died [[October 8]], [[2007]]) was charged on [[August 5]], [[2004]] in [[Kabul]], [[Afghanistan]] of [[murder]], [[rape]], and [[robbery]] involving four [[journalist]]s on [[November 19]], [[2001]]. Khan was also accused of cutting off the noses and ears of four Afghan men because of their short beards.<ref name=bbc>{{cite news | title = Death penalty for Afghan killer | publisher = BBC.co.uk | date = 2004-11-20 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4028951.stm | accessdate = 2008-03-15}}</ref> Khan was convicted in November 2004 and executed in Afghanistan on [[October 8]], [[2007]].<ref>{{cite news | last = Shah | first = Amir | title = Afghan Government Executes 15 Prisoners | publisher = washingtonpost.com | date = 2007-10-09 | url = http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/08/AR2007100800361_pf.html | accessdate = 2008-03-15}}</ref>
'''Reza Khan''' (died October 8, 2007) was charged on August 5, 2004, in [[Kabul]], [[Afghanistan]] of [[murder]], [[rape]], and [[robbery]] involving four [[journalist]]s on November 19, 2001. Khan was also accused of cutting off the noses and ears of four Afghan men due to their short beards.<ref name=bbc>{{cite news | title = Death penalty for Afghan killer | publisher = BBC.co.uk | date = 2004-11-20 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4028951.stm | accessdate = 2008-03-15}}</ref> Khan was convicted in November 2004 and executed in Afghanistan on October 8, 2007.<ref>{{cite news | last = Shah | first = Amir | title = Afghan Government Executes 15 Prisoners | work = washingtonpost.com | date = 2007-10-09 | url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/08/AR2007100800361_pf.html | accessdate = 2008-03-15
| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20121104104703/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/08/AR2007100800361_pf.html
| url-status = dead | archivedate = 2012-11-04
}}
</ref> Khan also confessed to killing his own wife in [[Pakistan]].<ref name=bbc/>


The journalists ([[Harry Burton (journalist)|Harry Burton]], [[Maria Grazia Cutuli]], [[Azizullah Haidari]], and [[Julio Fuentes]]) were traveling in a convoy from [[Jalalabad, Afghanistan|Jalalabad]] to [[Kabul]] when a group of armed men dragged them from their cars and murdered them.<ref>{{cite news | title = Journalists killed in Afghan ambush | publisher = BBC.co.uk | date = 2001-11-19 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/1664548.stm | accessdate = 2008-03-15}}</ref>
The journalists ([[Harry Burton (journalist)|Harry Burton]], [[Maria Grazia Cutuli]], [[Azizullah Haidari]] and [[Julio Fuentes Serrano|Julio Fuentes]]) were traveling in a convoy from [[Jalalabad, Afghanistan|Jalalabad]] to [[Kabul]] when a group of armed men dragged them from their cars and murdered them.<ref>{{cite news | title = Journalists killed in Afghan ambush | publisher = BBC.co.uk | date = 2001-11-19 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/1664548.stm | accessdate = 2008-03-15}}</ref>

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Khan confessed to being one of eleven people who stopped the vehicles and to personally killing one of the foreign men and raping Cutuli; he said they got their orders from [[Taliban]] leader [[Maulawi Latif]]. Khan also confessed to killing his own wife in [[Pakistan]].<ref name=bbc/>


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Khan confessed to being one of 11 people who stopped the vehicles, and to personally killing one of the foreign men and raping Cutuli; he said they got their orders from [[Taliban]] leader Maulawi Latif.


== See also ==
*[[Rape in Afghanistan]]


== References ==
== References ==
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Latest revision as of 16:04, 22 May 2024

For the former Shah of Iran, see Reza Shah.

Reza Khan (died October 8, 2007) was charged on August 5, 2004, in Kabul, Afghanistan of murder, rape, and robbery involving four journalists on November 19, 2001. Khan was also accused of cutting off the noses and ears of four Afghan men due to their short beards.[1] Khan was convicted in November 2004 and executed in Afghanistan on October 8, 2007.[2] Khan also confessed to killing his own wife in Pakistan.[1]

The journalists (Harry Burton, Maria Grazia Cutuli, Azizullah Haidari and Julio Fuentes) were traveling in a convoy from Jalalabad to Kabul when a group of armed men dragged them from their cars and murdered them.[3]

Khan confessed to being one of 11 people who stopped the vehicles, and to personally killing one of the foreign men and raping Cutuli; he said they got their orders from Taliban leader Maulawi Latif.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Death penalty for Afghan killer". BBC.co.uk. 2004-11-20. Retrieved 2008-03-15.
  2. ^ Shah, Amir (2007-10-09). "Afghan Government Executes 15 Prisoners". washingtonpost.com. Archived from the original on 2012-11-04. Retrieved 2008-03-15.
  3. ^ "Journalists killed in Afghan ambush". BBC.co.uk. 2001-11-19. Retrieved 2008-03-15.
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