From BBC News
 An Afghan court has sentenced to death three men for killing 11 Chinese road workers in June. General Mohammad Akbar, Noor Mohammad and Mohammad Asif were convicted of the attack in northern Kunduz province. Eight defendants were given jail terms of up to 15 years, said Supreme Court judge Abdul Bari Bakhtyari. The Chinese were shot as they slept in their tents in the bloodiest attacks on foreigners since the fall of the Taleban in late 2001. General Akbar was formerly a commander in Kunduz for the Northern Alliance, which helped overthrow the Taleban. Judge Bakhtyari told the Reuters news agency: "Noor Mohammad has pleaded guilty while the other two pleaded innocent. "But we have enough evidence against the other two, including confessions from Noor Mohammad and from the father of General Akbar."
He gave no further details of the case, which ended on Wednesday, but Interior Minister Ali Ahmad Jalali has previously said police believed the attack was motivated by a business dispute. The workers were part of a team of 100 Chinese nationals employed by the China Railway Construction Shisiju Group Corporation. The men - who were aged between 31 and 56 and came from Jiangxi province - were employed building a road in the region. .... |