Afghani State Restores Punishment for Some of Sheva Mitzvos, to Our Shame
Taliban carries out first public execution since Afghan takeover
The execution in Farah province was attended by hundreds, including senior Taliban officials, a spokesman for the group said.
Authorities in Afghanistan have executed a murder convict, the first public execution since the Taliban group returned to power last year, according to a government spokesman.
The announcement on Wednesday, December 7 underscored the intentions by Afghanistan’s new rulers to continue hard-line policies implemented since they took over the country in August 2021 and to stick to their interpretation of Islamic law, or sharia.
The execution, carried out with an assault rifle by the victim’s father, took place in western Farah province before hundreds of spectators and more than a dozen senior Taliban officials, according to Zabihullah Mujahid, the top Taliban government spokesman. Some officials came from the capital Kabul.
The decision to carry out the punishment was “made very carefully,” Mujahid said, following approval by three of the country’s highest courts and the Taliban supreme leader, Mullah Haibatullah Akhunzada.
From Al Jazeera, here.