Nazar Mohammad was executed in public for the killing of Khal Mohammad. It was the fifth public execution since the Taliban seized power of Afghanistan in August 2021
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 of the murdered man shot the convict five times with a rifle, according to an eyewitness. Security around the stadium was tight, said the witness, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the media.
It was also the fifth public execution since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in August 2021 as the US and NATO troops were in the final weeks of their withdrawal from the country after two decades of war. Despite initial promises of a more moderate rule, the Taliban began carrying out severe punishments in public – executions, floggings, and stonings – shortly after coming to power.
The punishments are similar to those under their previous rule of Afghanistan in the late 1990s. Monday’s death sentence was reportedly carried out following approval by three of the country’s highest courts and the Taliban supreme leader, Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada.
The executed man, identified as Nazar Mohammad from the district of Bilcheragh in Faryab province, had killed Khal Mohammad, also from Faryab. The killing took place in Jawzjan.
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