Afghanistan executed 15 prisoners – one convicted of killing foreign journalists – an official said today, ending three years without the death penalty.

An Afghan court has sentenced a man to death today for the 2001 killing of three foreign journalists and an Afghan colleague who were pulled from their cars, robbed and shot as they rushed to cover the collapse of the Taliban.

AN AFGHAN man has been charged with the murder of four foreign journalists during the closing days of the Taliban regime.

An Afghan man has been charged with the murder of four foreign journalists during the closing days of the Taliban regime.