Abdul Khaliq Hazara
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| Abdul Khaliq Hazara | |
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| Died | Kabul, Afghanistan |
| Conviction(s) | Assassination of King Mohammad Nadir Shah |
| Penalty | Death |
| Status | Executed |
| Occupation | Student |
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Abdul Khaliq Hazara was a teenage Hazara student who was studying in Kabul. On November 8, 1933 he assassinated King Nadir Khan of Afghanistan during a high school visit. He was apprehended immediately after the assassination. Despite the fact that Abdul Khaliq's family and friends were not aware of the assassination they were tortured, raped and killed.
After undergoing forty days of interrogation and torture himself, Abdul Khaliq was executed publicly. The executioner asked Abdul Khaliq with which finger he pulled the trigger with, with which eye he took aim with, and with which foot he stepped forward with, and subsequently cut off the corresponding body parts and gouged out his eye. After dismemberment, Abdul Khaliq's body was shred apart by a bayonet.
The people of Afghanistan, who were being oppressed under Nadir Shah, saw Abdul Khaliq as a hero; many Afghans still view him as a martyr.[1][2]
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References
- ^ Hafizullah, Emadi (2005). Culture and customs of Afghanistan. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 35. ISBN 0-313-33089-1. http://books.google.com/books?id=bY8ck6iktikC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA35#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved October 23, 2011.
- ^ Runion, Meredith (October 2007). The History of Afghanistan. Greenwood. p. 93. ISBN 978-0-313-33798-7.
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