单项选择题

Questions 9 and 10 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news.

Faryadi Sarwar Zardad, a former Afghan warlord, was sentenced to 20-year imprisonment ______. [A] because he came to Great Britain with a false passport [B] because he committed crimes of torture and hostage-taking [C] because he opened a pizza parlor in London without a license ID] because he was a cruel and merciless Taliban warlord