Taliban executes man convicted for murder; first death penalty after regaining power
2 years ago

Taliban executes man convicted for murder; first death penalty after regaining power

Firstpost  

The announcement in a way emphasized on the the intentions the Taliban to continue hardline policies implemented since they took over the country in August 2021 and to stick to their interpretation of the Islamic law, or Sharia Farah : Taliban on Wednesday confirmed they publically executed a man here convicted for murdering another man, marks the first execution since the hard-line Islamists came back to power. The announcement in a way emphasized on the the intentions the Taliban to continue hard-line policies implemented since they took over the country in August 2021 and to stick to their interpretation of the Islamic law, or Sharia. Reportedly, the execution took place in western Farah province before hundreds of spectators and many top Taliban officials, including from the capital of Kabul and Farah. Mujahid said, the decision to carry out the punishment was “made very carefully,” following approval by three of the country’s highest courts and the Taliban supreme leader, Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada.

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A timeline of events in Afghanistan in the 3 years since the Taliban’s takeover
4 months, 1 week ago

A timeline of events in Afghanistan in the 3 years since the Taliban’s takeover

Associated Press  

KABUL, Afghanistan — Here is a look at key dates since the Taliban returned to power three years ago, as United States and NATO forces withdrew from the country: Aug. 15, 2021 — The Taliban march into Kabul as internationally backed President Ashraf Ghani flees the country. Nov. 20, 2022 — The Taliban lash 19 people, including alleged adulterers, in …

The Taliban publicly flogs 63 people including women accused of crimes. The UN condemns it
6 months, 2 weeks ago

The Taliban publicly flogs 63 people including women accused of crimes. The UN condemns it

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan on Wednesday condemned the public flogging of more than 60 people, including more than a dozen women, by the Taliban in northern Sari Pul province. Taliban’s supreme court in a statement confirmed the public flogging of 63 people including 14 women who had been accused of crimes including sodomy, theft and …

Taliban hold another public execution: Brother of murdered man shot convict five times in public stadium
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Taliban hold another public execution: Brother of murdered man shot convict five times in public stadium

India TV News  

Kabul: The Taliban held a public execution on Monday of a man convicted of murder in northern Afghanistan as thousands watched at a sports stadium, the third such death sentence to be carried out in the past five days. The execution took place in heavy snowfall in the city of Shibirghan, the capital of northern Jawzjan province, where the brother …

Afghanistan: Thousands witness Taliban carry out double execution in football stadium
10 months ago

Afghanistan: Thousands witness Taliban carry out double execution in football stadium

India TV News  

Kabul: Thousands witnessed the grizzly execution of two convicted men by the Taliban at a football stadium in southeastern Afghanistan on Thursday as the relatives of victims fired the gunshot. The three lower courts and the Taliban's supreme leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, had ordered the executions in retribution for their purported crimes, according to the court statement. Criticism on public executions …

Taliban Authorities Execute Two Convicted Murderers In Football Stadium
10 months ago

Taliban Authorities Execute Two Convicted Murderers In Football Stadium

News 18  

Taliban authorities publicly executed two men convicted of murder in a football stadium in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday, according to an AFP journalist at the scene. Both men were executed by multiple gunshots to the back in Ghazni city after Supreme Court official Atiqullah Darwish read aloud a death warrant signed by Taliban Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada. Relatives were also …

Two-year timeline of events in Afghanistan since 2021 Taliban takeover
1 year, 4 months ago

Two-year timeline of events in Afghanistan since 2021 Taliban takeover

Associated Press  

KABUL, Afghanistan — Here is a look at key dates since the Taliban came back to power two years ago, as U.S. and NATO forces withdrew from the country: Aug. 15, 2021 — The Taliban march into Kabul as internationally backed President Ashraf Ghani flees the country. March 23, 2022 — On the day high schools are opening, the Taliban …

Taliban carry out 2nd known public execution since seizing power in Afghanistan
1 year, 6 months ago

Taliban carry out 2nd known public execution since seizing power in Afghanistan

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers Tuesday carried out what is believed to be the second confirmed public execution since the religious group took power in 2021, according to the country’s Supreme Court. It comes just a month after the United Nations in a report strongly criticized the Taliban for carrying out public executions, lashings and stonings since seizing power, and …

Taliban vows to continue public floggings and executions as UN raises alarm
1 year, 7 months ago

Taliban vows to continue public floggings and executions as UN raises alarm

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Hundreds of flogging incidents, public …

End executions, floggings and stonings in Afghanistan, U.N. tells Taliban
1 year, 7 months ago

End executions, floggings and stonings in Afghanistan, U.N. tells Taliban

LA Times  

A United Nations report Monday strongly criticized the Taliban for carrying out public executions, lashings and stonings since seizing power in Afghanistan, and called on the country’s rulers to halt such practices. In December 2022, Taliban authorities executed an Afghan convicted of murder, the first public execution since they took power, the report said. Zabihullah Mujahid, the top government spokesman, …

First public execution in Taliban’s Afghanistan rings alarm bells across the world
2 years ago

First public execution in Taliban’s Afghanistan rings alarm bells across the world

The Hindu  

The public execution of an alleged murderer in western Afghanistan’s Farah province has reminded Afghanistan watchers worldwide that the outfit is unwilling to shift away from the strict imposition of Sharia in the territory that it conquered from the government of President Ashraf Ghani last year. The United Nations has described public executions as “inhuman and degrading” and reminded that …

Taliban caries out first public execution since Afghan takeover
2 years ago

Taliban caries out first public execution since Afghan takeover

Al Jazeera  

The execution in Farah province was attended by hundreds, including senior Taliban officials, a spokesman for the group said. Authorities in Afghanistan have executed a murder convict, the first public execution since the Taliban group returned to power last year, according to a government spokesman. The execution, carried out with an assault rifle by the victim’s father, took place in …

Taliban admits whipping 19, including women, 39 times each for ‘crimes’
2 years, 1 month ago

Taliban admits whipping 19, including women, 39 times each for ‘crimes’

Hindustan Times  

In a first official confirmation that the Taliban resorted to strict implementation of Islamic law, the Supreme Court said that nineteen people in northeastern Afghanistan were lashed for adultery, theft and running away from home. A Supreme Court official, Abdul Rahim Rashid, said that 10 men and nine women were lashed 39 times each in Taloqan city in northeastern Takhar …

Public execution to stoning: Taliban asks judges to impose Sharia in rulings
2 years, 1 month ago

Public execution to stoning: Taliban asks judges to impose Sharia in rulings

Op India  

On Thursday, November 18, a Taliban spokesperson said that their ‘supreme leader’ Haibatullah Akhundzada has recently ordered Afghan judges to fully execute Sharia law provisions such as public executions, stoning, flogging, and amputation of limbs of persons guilty of specific offences. Taliban’s chief spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid had also taken to Twitter on Sunday, November 13, to inform that Haibatullah Akhundzada …

Report: Taliban killed captives in restive Afghan province
2 years, 2 months ago

Report: Taliban killed captives in restive Afghan province

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The Taliban captured, bound and shot to death 27 men in Afghanistan’s Panjshir Valley last month during an offensive against resistance fighters in the area, according to a report published Tuesday, refuting the group’s earlier claims that the men were killed in battle. David Osborn, the team leader of Afghan Witness, said the report gives the ”most …

Grim Reminder of Taliban Past: Seven Afghan Men Flogged on ‘First Such’ Supreme Court Order
2 years, 8 months ago

Grim Reminder of Taliban Past: Seven Afghan Men Flogged on ‘First Such’ Supreme Court Order

News 18  

Taliban authorities flogged seven men Wednesday for crimes including selling and consuming alcohol, an official said — the first such sentence to be handed out by Afghanistan’s courts since the hardline Islamists seized power. “It is the first time that a court has issued such an order according to the sharia law since the Islamic Emirate was formed in Afghanistan,” …

No public executions unless directed by 'top court', say Taliban in new diktat: Report
3 years, 2 months ago

No public executions unless directed by 'top court', say Taliban in new diktat: Report

India TV News  

The Taliban has directed local officials to refrain from carrying out punishments in public unless Afghanistan's "top court" issues the order for public execution. "Public executions and hanging of bodies should be avoided unless the supreme court issues an order for such an action," Mujahid said was quoted as saying by the Dawn newspaper. During a presser, State Department spokesperson …

Taliban unlawfully killed 13 ethnic Hazaras in Daykundi province, says Amnesty International
3 years, 2 months ago

Taliban unlawfully killed 13 ethnic Hazaras in Daykundi province, says Amnesty International

Firstpost  

The killings took place in the village of Kahor around two weeks after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, said the prominent rights group Kabul: Taliban forces unlawfully killed 13 ethnic Hazaras, most of them Afghan soldiers who had surrendered to the insurgents, a prominent rights group said Tuesday. The Islamic State group’s affiliate — based in eastern Nangarhar province …

Taliban hang dead body in Afghanistan city’s main square, says witness
3 years, 2 months ago

Taliban hang dead body in Afghanistan city’s main square, says witness

India TV News  

The Taliban hanged a dead body from a crane in the main square of Herat city in western Afghanistan, a witness said Saturday, in a gruesome display that signaled a return to some of the Taliban’s methods of the past. Seddiqi said the Taliban announced in the square that the four were caught taking part in a kidnapping and were …

Punishments Such As Executions, Amputation of Hands To Return: Taliban Official
3 years, 2 months ago

Punishments Such As Executions, Amputation of Hands To Return: Taliban Official

The Quint  

Turabi said that the judges would also include women this time, and the foundation of Afghanistan's laws will be the Quran. "Cutting off of hands is very necessary for security," he said, due to its deterrent effect, adding that the Cabinet was studying if the punishments should be held in public. Turabi, who lost a leg and one eye fighting …

'Necessary': Taliban to Bring Back Executions, Strict Punishment in Afghanistan
3 years, 3 months ago

'Necessary': Taliban to Bring Back Executions, Strict Punishment in Afghanistan

News 18  

A founder of Taliban and chief enforcer of its harsh interpretation of Islamic law said executions and amputations of hands will continue, echoing policies from its rule in the 1990s. In an interview with The Associated Press, Mullah Nooruddin Turabi dismissed outrage over the Talibans executions in the past, which sometimes took place in front of crowds at a stadium, …

Taliban official: Strict punishment, executions will return
3 years, 3 months ago

Taliban official: Strict punishment, executions will return

Associated Press  

KABUL, Afghanistan — One of the founders of the Taliban and the chief enforcer of its harsh interpretation of Islamic law when they last ruled Afghanistan said the hard-line movement will once again carry out executions and amputations of hands, though perhaps not in public. In an interview with The Associated Press, Mullah Nooruddin Turabi dismissed outrage over the Taliban’s …

Taliban shoots dead a girl for not wearing a veil in Afghanistan
3 years, 4 months ago

Taliban shoots dead a girl for not wearing a veil in Afghanistan

Op India  

In yet another brutal display of savagery, a 21-year-old girl was shot dead by Taliban terrorists for not wearing a veil in Afghanistan. The analysts also point towards another Taliban proclamation wherein they said that they want to restrict the freedom gained by women in the last few years, stating it has promoted “indecency” and “immorality”. Afghanistan in chaos as …

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