Lawyers for the accused argued that the evidence against their clients is vague.

Habibullah Jalalzoy and Heshamuddin Hesam are charged under a law that allows Dutch prosecutors to try asylum seekers for war crimes allegedly committed in their home countries.

Jalalzoy was a chief interrogator under the communist regime from 1979 to 1992. Hesam was the head of Afghan military intelligence from 1983 to 1991.

Human rights groups say Afghan intelligence workers tortured more than 200,000 people during that period and that around 50,000 of them were killed.

Jalalzoy and Hesam deny the charges.

If convicted, the two face maximum sentences of life in prison.