Taliban conduct first public execution since return to power

[Eugene]

Source: BBC

Taliban conduct first public execution since return to power

7 December 2022

By Matt Murphy and Aalia Farzan
BBC News

The Taliban have carried out what is thought to be their first public execution since their return to power in Afghanistan last year.

A Taliban government spokesperson said a man was killed at a crowded sports stadium in south-western Farah province after he confessed to murder.

Dozens of leaders, including most top ministers in their government, attended the hanging.

It comes weeks after judges were instructed to fully enforce Sharia law.

The Taliban's supreme leader Haibatullah Akhundzada issued the edict last month, ordering judges to impose punishments that may include public executions, public amputations and stoning.

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-63884696

[lefthandedskyhook]

1. Usher in the American catholic taliban

[CrispyQ]

2. Murder & torture as entertainment.

Betting the evangelicals would like to do the same in this country.

[DFW]

3. Just a century ago

Lynchings used be party events. I’m sure some of our more extreme elements have seen the photos in the history nooks and are waxing nostalgic……..