Foreign nationals stoned to death in Kabul

Updated: 10:44, Sunday, 9 May 2004

A Swiss citizen and another foreign national are said to have been stoned to death in the Afghan capital, Kabul.

Their bodies were discovered in a garden not far from the city's centre.

It is not known why they were killed.

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