World IN BRIEF : AFGHANISTAN : Thousands Fill Park to Cheer Hangings
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
At least 10,000 people crowded into a Kabul park to cheer the first public hanging since the rebel resistance ousted the Communist government in April. The new Islamic government said the hangings of three men showed its will to rid the capital of the murder, extortion and robbery that have racked it since the takeover. The men were tried behind closed doors, and no one would say what crimes they had committed.
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