US EditionAfghanistan’s former chief justice Abdul Salam Azimi dies at 90
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Afghanistan’s former chief justice Abdul Salam Azimi dies at 90
Abdul Salam Azimi, Afghanistan’s former chief justice and a key figure in the country’s post-2001 legal system, has died at the age of 90, according to family members and former officials. He died in Turkey. Azimi, born in 1936 in Farah province, was regarded as an influential legal scholar and jurist who played a central role in shaping Afghanistan’s judiciary after the fall of the Taliban in 2001. He studied law and Islamic jurisprudence at Ca…
Abdul Salam Azimi, the former head of Afghanistan's Supreme Court, has died in Turkey at the age of 90. A number of Afghan political figures have issued messages of condolences on Mr. Azimi's death on Thursday. Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai described Mr. Azimi as "a man of good character, strong and dignified personality" and expressed his condolences to his family. Mr. Karzai added that Abdul Salam Azimi "was a serving scientist who serv…
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