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kabul [Afghanistan]Dec 8 (ANI): The Taliban on Wednesday carried out the first public execution of a man accused of murder since the militant group took over the country last year, Voice of America News reported. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid confirmed the public execution of a man.
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said the execution took place at a stadium in western Farah province. Mujahid said the execution was witnessed by hundreds of people, including senior officials of the group, according to VOA News. He said those executed were tried in a Taliban court and later in an appeals court.
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Zabihullah Mujahid claimed that, according to news reports, the executed man “admitted in court to stabbing” a Farah resident to death and stealing his belongings, including a motorcycle.
In addition, Mujahid said, the man was found guilty and a “retaliatory sentence” was delivered. He stressed that the execution was carried out under the “qisas” law, which stipulates that the person is punished in the same way as the victim was murdered.
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“He was found guilty and a vengeful sentence was executed against the killer,” Zabihullah Mujahid was quoted by VOA News as saying.
“The murderer was shot three times with an assault rifle by the father of the deceased,” he added.
The Taliban spokesman stressed that, according to the VOA news report, the decision to enforce the “sharia judgment” was analyzed “very carefully”. According to him, the supreme Taliban leader, Mullah Hibatulah Akhonzada, approved the decision.
The executions came after Taliban authorities whipped dozens of people in front of hundreds of spectators at a football stadium in Kabul and several Afghan provinces over the past month.
According to news reports, the victim was charged with “moral crimes” including theft, adultery and running away from home. Notably, public flogging and executions took place under the Taliban between 1996 and 2001.
Since the Taliban took over Afghanistan on August 15, 2021, the international community has expressed concern about the situation of the people of this war-torn country and called for respect for women’s rights. The Taliban ordered women to cover their faces in public and banned them from going to parks, gyms and bathrooms. (Arnie)
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