| 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 |
Abdul Khaliq Hazara was a teenaged 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 (let alone took part in it), they were maliciously tortured, raped, and murdered in the most inhumane ways possible. After undergoing many months of interrogation and indescribable torture himself, Abdul Khaliq was executed publicly, much to the people's horror. 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 as Abdul Khaliq gallantly answered. After the vile dismemberment, Abdul Khaliq's body was severely shred apart by a bayonet. The people of Afghanistan then, who were being oppressed under Nadir Shah, saw Abdul Khaliq as an unsung hero; currently the Afghan community holds him dear and views him as a martyr.[1][2]