October 22, 2003	Wednesday	Sha’aban 25, 1424

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KABUL, Oct 21: Afghanistan’s supreme court called on Britain on Tuesday to extradite a notorious Afghan warlord who is facing charges of kidnap and torture in Britain.

Zardad Faryadi, 40, who sought asylum in London after the Taliban took over Afghanistan in 1996, has been charged in Britain under new legislation allowing the prosecution of offences committed abroad. But Deputy Chief Justice Fazl Ahmad Manawi told Reuters Faryadi should be tried in Afghanistan.

“Since according to allegations he committed the crimes on Afghan soil, we ask (Britain) to extradite him so he can be tried here,” he told Reuters.