Afghanistan back in Dark Ages as Taliban orders executions under collapsing walls | World | News
As the brutal regime continued to impose itself on its people, the Taliban ordered dozens of people to be stoned to death and others to be executed by tearing down walls. Figures published by the Taliban Supreme Court show more than 1,000 people, including at least 150 women, will be publicly flogged in Afghanistan by 2025.
Data shows a sharp increase in the use of corporal punishment, with Kabul recording the highest number of cases. According to figures published by the Taliban, 1,030 people were flogged last year for theft and acts deemed contrary to Islamic law. This figure is almost double that of previous years and represents a continued increase in the use of corporal punishment since the regime returned to power in 2021.
In addition to public floggings, the Taliban has also resumed public executions, a practice that became synonymous with its rule before the invasion by coalition troops in 2001.
In one case in the Khost region, a man convicted of murder was executed in front of tens of thousands of spectators, and his executioner is believed to be a 13-year-old boy.
The man was shot dead in front of a crowd of nearly 80,000 people at a sports stadium in eastern Afghanistan, while the UN condemned the killing as “inhumane and cruel”.
The convicted murderer named Mangal and two others were convicted of killing 13 members of the young man’s family, including many children and women.
“Today, a murderer was sentenced to reprisal punishment (Qisas) at the sports stadium in Khost province,” the Supreme Court of Afghanistan said in its statement at X.
“The victim’s family was offered the option of amnesty and retaliation, but after they refused and insisted on retaliation, an order was issued to implement the divine decree of retaliation.
At the end of the meeting, prayers were made for the strengthening of national security, the people’s better access to their legitimate rights, and the healthy implementation of Islamic sharia throughout the country.
The Taliban reportedly banned spectators from bringing mobile phones into the stadium in an attempt to prevent the execution from being filmed.
This execution was the 11th carried out under the Taliban’s interpretation of sharia law, which calls for punishments such as death, dismemberment or public flogging for crimes such as murder, adultery and theft.
Records spanning the last four years show that the Taliban predominantly resorted to the death penalty and issued at least 178 execution orders under the retaliation doctrine.
The same data also includes 37 death sentences by stoning for those convicted and 4 executions by demolishing a wall.
The Taliban’s first public execution since its return to power took place in December 2022 and was carried out by the victim’s father in front of a crowded stadium in Farah province.
