Afghan warlord convicted by Old Bailey jury
By Sally Pook, News Telegraph (London), (Filed: 19/07/2005)
In the first successful prosecution of its kind in the world, a former mujahideen commander from Afghanistan who settled in Britain was convicted at the Old Bailey yesterday of waging a campaign of torture and kidnap in his homeland.
Faryadi Sarwar Zardad ordered the torture of civiliansThe Crown Prosecution Service said the historic conviction clearly demonstrated that there was "no hiding place" for torturers and hostage takers. Faryadi Sarwar Zardad, 42, controlled a key road that connected Pakistan with the Afghan capital, Kabul, via the Khyber Pass. He set up military checkpoints that enabled him to steal money and goods from travellers.
In the first successful prosecution of its kind in the world, a former mujahideen commander from Afghanistan who settled in Britain was convicted at the Old Bailey yesterday of waging a campaign of torture and kidnap in his homeland.
Faryadi Sarwar Zardad ordered the torture of civiliansThe Crown Prosecution Service said the historic conviction clearly demonstrated that there was "no hiding place" for torturers and hostage takers. Faryadi Sarwar Zardad, 42, controlled a key road that connected Pakistan with the Afghan capital, Kabul, via the Khyber Pass. He set up military checkpoints that enabled him to steal money and goods from travellers.
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