Afghan President Hamid Karzai signed death penalty for Kabul rape convicts.

Aimal Faizi, spokesman for President Karzai said the death penalty for the perpetrators of Paghman gang rape was signed by the President on Saturday.

“President Karzai signed off today on the order for execution of five criminals convicted of rape & kidnapping in Paghman incident,” Faizai said.

The Appeals Court of Kabul awarded death sentence to five of the seven convicts of a group involved in brutal beating, robbery and gang-rape of four women in capital Kabul on September 15th.

The convicts facing death penalty includes Azizullah, Nazar Mohammad, Qaisullah, Samiullah and Habibullah, who were involved in gang rape of 4 women.

The women were initially abducted while they were returning from a wedding ceremony and were repeatedly raped besides their belongings were robbed by the gang.