Earlier today, we published and distributed a story by Ahmad Shafi recounting his experience witnessing a public execution in Kabul in 1998. Since the story was published, it has come to our attention that portions of the piece were copied from a story by Jason Burke, published by the London Review of Books in March 2001. We have removed Shafi’s story from our website.
Article source: http://www.npr.org/2012/07/09/156508047/editors-note-a-taliban-execution-brings-back-painful-memories?ft=1&f=1001