Afghanistan frees man who converted to Christianity.

From: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) | Date: March 27, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Kim Barker

KABUL, Afghanistan _ An Afghan man who faced the death penalty for converting from Islam to Christianity, sparking one of the biggest political crises in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban in late 2001, was released late Monday.

Abdul Rahman, 42, was sent to an undisclosed location after being held in his own cell inside Afghanistan's most hard-core prison, home to Taliban and Al Qaida inmates. Mohammed Eshak Aloko, Afghanistan's deputy attorney general, said the government no longer had any authority to hold Rahman, pending a mental examination. ...

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