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KABUL): President Hamid Karzai on Monday signed execution warrants for 16 inmates convicted of heinous crimes, including murder and rape, his spokesman Aimal Faizi said on Monday.
A list of the death row inmaes, convicted by primary, appellate and supreme courts, was presented to the president at a meeting, Faizi told Pajhwok Afghan News.
After going through court verdicts, the spokesman said, the president approved the executions, which might take place in two phases.
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