The Taliban carried out a public execution of two convicts at a stadium in southeastern Afghanistan today, and officials said relatives of the victims executed the two men, without specifying what type of weapon they used.
The Taliban Supreme Court had previously ruled that the two were responsible for stabbing to death two victims in separate attacks.
The statement also said that three lower courts in Afghanistan, as well as Taliban Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhunzada, had ordered the death penalty to be carried out in retaliation for their crimes.
Supreme Court spokesman Abdul Rahim Rashid said the men were shot from behind with eight bullets for one and seven for the other.
Today’s executions are the third and fourth public executions carried out in Afghanistan since the Taliban seized power in the country in 2021 as US and NATO troops withdrew.
The United Nations has previously criticized the Taliban’s practice of public executions, floggings and stonings, and today the UN said it strongly opposes the use of the death penalty, saying it is inconsistent with the basic right to life.
Her mission in Afghanistan called on the Taliban authorities to establish an immediate moratorium on the death penalty as a step towards its abolition, Beta news agency writes.
