Thousands of Afghans fill stadium to watch Taliban execute killer in front of victim's family

A man convicted of murder was summarily executed in front of his victim's family and thousands of others at a soccer stadium Monday by the Taliban in Afghanistan.

“The man, found guilty of a knife murder in January 2022, was executed in the northern city of Sheberghan on a death warrant signed by Taliban chief Hibatullah Akhundzada, a Supreme Court statement said.” said the Supreme Court. daily mail reported

“The statement identified the convicted man as Nazar Muhammad and said his case 'was very thoroughly and repeatedly examined,'” the outlet added.

His victim's brother shot Muhammad five times with a rifle, according to an eyewitness. The execution took place in front of the victim's family in full snow. Attendees included women and children who watched by the thousands according to a local provincial official who spoke to AFP. Security was extremely tight. It was the third death penalty execution in recent days.

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The Taliban carried out a double public execution at a stadium in southeastern Afghanistan on Thursday as thousands watched the killing of two convicts as relatives of their victims fired the shots.

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“Since the return of the Taliban to power in August 2021, a handful of executions have been carried out in line with his government's austere view of Islam,” the Daily Mail noted. “Akhundzada ordered judges by 2022 to fully implement all aspects of Islamic law, including the well-known 'eye for an eye' punishments as “qisas”.

Sharia law allows the death penalty as retribution for murder. The Taliban government imposes it mercilessly.

Two other men were executed last week in Ghazni after Akhundzada also signed his death warrants. Fifteen shots were reportedly fired. Eight to one man, seven to the other. The families of his victims were also present at the time of the execution.

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“Abu Abu Khalid Sarhadi, Ghazni police spokesman, said the victims' relatives executed the two men. He did not say what kind of weapons they used,” he said Associated Press reported

AFP reports that a total of five executions have been carried out since the Taliban took power after the United States left the country. during President Biden's vigil. Flogging is also common for crimes such as theft, adultery and drinking.

Women publicly whipped and beaten by Taliban terrorists!

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Amnesty International has described the Taliban government's policy of executions as “a serious insult to human dignity”.

“Carrying out public executions adds to the inherent cruelty of the death penalty,” the agency said in a statement.

“The development was ominous as the Taliban, despite initial promises of a more moderate government, began carrying out severe public punishments (executions, floggings and stonings) soon after coming to power. The punishments are similar to those of Afghanistan's previous government in the late 1990s.” Arabic news he commented

“Separate statements from the Taliban's supreme court said a man and a woman convicted of adultery were each flogged 35 times in the northern province of Balkh over the weekend. Two more people were held in the eastern province of Laghman, also over the weekend; they were each given 30 lashes for allegedly committing immoral acts,” the media reported.

Terresa Monroe-Hamilton is a constitutional conservative who researches and writes extensively on politics and current affairs.

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