Habib istalif wiki

KABUL- Five men convicted of a gang-rape and armed robbery in the Paghman district of Kabul province of Afghanistan and a notorious criminal Habib Istalif were hanged today, an official said.

An official at the Attorney General's Office said the five men and the notorious serial killer Istalif were executed at the Pul-i-Charkhi prison in the afternoon.

The men were brought in ambulances to the prison under tight security measures. Journalists were invited to the prison but were barred from
entering the premises. Former President Hamid Karzai had approved and signed the execution order
for the five rapists and Islatif before leaving office last month.

Police had arrested eight men in the gang-rape case that took place in August in the Paghman district near the capital Kabul.

The men, some dressed in police uniforms, stopped a family's car returning
from a wedding and sexually assaulted four of the women in the family, including one who was pregnant. Three of the suspects