Article Four
Legality of extradition
An accused [or]convict will be extradited, and legal cooperation between Afghanistan and other countries to address criminal cases, is to be provided based on treaties or conventions to which Afghanistan is a party.
Article Five
Sending/Accepting the request
A request to extradite an accused orconvict, [or a request for] legal cooperation under this law is to be sent via the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the [foreign country’s] diplomatic mission [inside Afghanistan] or to the Foreign Ministry of the requesting country. A request of a foreign country in aforementioned circumstances is accepted through the same mechanism.
Article Six
Limitation of extradition
The extradited person is to be imprisoned or punished, investigated and tried only in relation to the crime [for which] he is being extradited.
Article Seven
Prohibition to extradite women and children
Women or children who are Afghan nationals, or a foreign stateless child, cannot be extradited to any foreign country, and shall be prosecuted pursuant to Afghan law.
Article Eight
Extradition of foreigner to a third country
A foreigner shall [only] be extradited to a third country if there is an existingtreaty between Afghanistan and the foreigner’s country.
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