Assadullah Sarwari
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Assadullah Sarwari (born 1941 is Russian-educated and served as an air force pilot under the monarchy of Mohammed Zahir Shah, and later as the air force garrison commander under President Daud Khan in 1973.
When the Communist government took over he was appointed head of the Afghan intelligence service in 1979.
In 1992, after the collapse of the Communist regime, Sarwari was arrested and remained in prison for more than 13 years.
On December 25, 2005, he was charged with the involvement in the arbitrary arrest, torture and mass killing of hundreds of opponents during his tenure as head of Afghan intelligence for a period of one year. On February 25, 2006, he was sentenced to die by firing squad for ordering the killings of over 400 murders; he was cleared of charges involving conspiracy against the post-Communist government. His is the first trial involving war crimes in Afghanistan.
External links
- [Assadullah Sarwari] at Trial Watch.
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