Afghanistan Death Row

Six Afghan Taliban inmates on death row were hanged today, government sources said, in the first set of executions approved by President Ashraf Ghani since he came to power in 2014.

Afghanistan on Wednesday executed six "criminals and terrorists", an official said, a day after eight other death row prisoners were hanged in a rare mass executions in the war-wracked country.

Six Afghan Taliban inmates on death row were hanged today, government sources said, in the first set of executions approved by President Ashraf Ghani since he came to power in 2014.

Afghanistan on Wednesday executed six "criminals and terrorists", an official said, a day after eight other death row prisoners were hanged in a rare mass executions in the war-wracked country.