11 police officers get prison in mob killing

An Afghan judge sentenced 11 policemen to a year in prison on Tuesday for their role in the mob killing of a woman in Kabul.

Judge Safiullah Mojadedi, presiding in Afghanistan's Primary Court, found the officers guilty of dereliction of duty. Another eight were released for lack of evidence.

The policemen were among 49 people charged over the death of 27-year-old Farkhunda, who was fatally beaten at a Kabul shrine on March 19. Like many Afghans, she had only one name.