Two charged in deadly Afghan bank attack executed

CNN ^ | June 20, 2011 8:54 a.m. EDT | Reshad Fazel

[Pan_Yan]

Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Two men charged with murder for a February bank attack that killed 38 people were executed Monday morning in Kabul, a spokesman for Afghanistan's intelligence agency said.

Lutfullah Mashal, spokesman for the National Directorate of Security, identified one of the men as Zar Ajam of Pakistan. He identified the other man as "Matiullah, whose real name was Mahmood," a resident of eastern Afghanistan.

A third person involved in the attack has been sentenced to 20 years in prison, Mashal said.

[Pan_Yan]

Four months from murder to execution. Can't claim the Afghan wheels of justice turn slowly.

[JPG]

We've got some inmates on FL death row who've been sitting there for over 30 years. Lots of states could take a lesson from Afghanistan and git ‘er done.

[Pan_Yan]

I can’t believe they couldn’t get some ACLU (Afghan Civil Liberties Union) lawyers. Then again, maybe they had some.