2ND EDITION AN INTRODUCTION TO THE C RIMINAL LAW OF AFGHANISTAN An Introduction to the Criminal Law of Afghanistan Second Edition Afghanistan Legal Education Project (ALEP) Stanford Law School http://alep.stanford.edu
[email protected] Stanford Law School Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way Stanford, CA 94305-8610 www.law.stanford.edu ALEP – STANFORD LAW SCHOOL Authors Eli Sugarman (Co-Founder, Student Co-Director, 2008-09) Anne Stephens Lloyd (Student Co-Director, 2008-09) Raaj Narayan (Student Co-Director, 2009-10) Max Rettig (Student Co-Director, 2009-10) Una Au Scott Schaeffer Editors Stephanie Ahmad (Rule of Law Fellow, 2011-12) Rose Leda Ehler (Student Co-Director, 2011-12) Daniel Lewis (Student Co-Director, 2011-12) Elizabeth Espinosa Jane Farrington Gabriel Ledeen Nicholas Reed Faculty Director Erik Jensen Rule of Law Program Executive Director Megan Karsh Program Advisor Rolando Garcia Miron AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF AFGHANISTAN Contributing Faculty Editors Nafay Choudhury Rohullah Azizi Naqib Ahmad Khpulwak Hamid Khan Chair of the Department of Law Taylor Strickling, 2012-13 Hadley Rose, 2013-14 Mehdi Hakimi, 2014- Translation Assistance Elite Legal Services, Ltd. Table of Contents PREFACE ....................................................................................................................................... i ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ........................................................................................................... iv CHAPTER 1: AN INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINAL LAW ................................................