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smell the justice...
Akbar Agha was sentenced to 16 years in prison for kidnapping three UN workers in the Afghan capital in 2004. He was released from prison late last year. "He was pardoned on condition that he stays in Kabul. The government's paying the rent on his house - I think it's about $1,000 a month."
His friends told the BBC he had been pardoned by President Hamid Karzai. But a spokesman said the president "could not recall the matter".
Think Afghanistan doesn't need democracy?
Other controversial pardons which have come to light have been given to major drug traffickers and rapists.
Think again.
