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Taliban carries out first public execution in Afghanistan since takeover
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Illustrative: A Taliban fighter stands guard in front of a mosque at the first day of Eid al-Fitr in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
An Afghan man convicted of murder is executed in public, the Taliban says, the first confirmation of such a sentence since the hardline Islamists returned to power.
“The Supreme Court was instructed to implement this order of qisas in a public gathering of compatriots,” says a statement from Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid, referring to the “eye for an eye” justice in Islamic law.
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