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Deaths Were Required By "Our Religion": Afghan Court On Public Executions
Afghanistan's Supreme Court rejected on Saturday condemnation by the United Nations of the Taliban's use of capital punishment, a day after four convicted murderers were publicly executed.
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Taliban Publicly Executes 4 For Murder: Afghan Supreme Court
Afghanistan's Supreme Court said four convicted murderers were executed by order of Taliban authorities on Friday, bringing to ten the number of men publicly put to death since their return to power, according to an AFP tally.
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Taliban Conducts 6th Public Execution Since Return To Power In 2021
Taliban authorities in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday executed a convicted murderer by gunfire at a sports stadium, in the sixth public execution since their return to power.
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Thousands Watch As Taliban Executes Convicted Murderers In Football Stadium
Taliban authorities publicly executed two men convicted of murder in a football stadium in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday, according to an AFP journalist at the scene.
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"Eye For Eye": Taliban Publicly Executes 2 Murder Convicts In Stadium
Taliban authorities publicly executed two men convicted of murder in a football stadium in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday, according to an AFP journalist at the scene.
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Taliban Publicly Execute Murder Accused, Second After Afghanistan Takeover
A convicted murderer was shot dead Tuesday in the grounds of a mosque in provincial Afghanistan, officials said, the second public execution since the Taliban returned to power in August 2021.
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Taliban Defends Public Execution, Says It's Afghanistan's "Internal Matters"
The Taliban on Thursday termed the international criticism over its public execution "reprehensible" and "interference" in Afghanistan's internal matters, Voice of America (VOA) News reported.
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Taliban Publicly Flogs 27 Afghans, Including Women, After First Execution
The Taliban flogged 27 Afghans, including women, in front of a large crowd on Thursday, a day after publicly executing a convicted murderer for the first time since they returned to power last year.
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Taliban Publicly Execute Murder Accused, First After Afghanistan Takeover
The Taliban administration today put to death a man accused of murder in western Afghanistan, its spokesperson said, in the first officially confirmed public execution since the group took over the country last year.
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Video: Women Flogged In Afghanistan For Shopping Without Male Guardian
The Taliban regularly carried out punishments in public during their first rule that ended in late 2001, including floggings and executions at the national stadium.
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No Public Executions Unless Directed, Says Taliban In New Diktat: Report
The Taliban has directed local officials to refrain from carrying out punishments in public unless Afghanistan's "top court" issues the order for public execution.
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Afghanistan's Ashraf Ghani 'Unfit For Presidency': Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah
Afghanistan's Chief Executive has castigated his ally Ashraf Ghani as "unfit for the presidency", in a public outburst highlighting bitter internal divisions that threaten their US-brokered power sharing agreement.
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Afghan father guns down daughter over 'affair'
In front of 300 villagers, Halima's father shot her in the head, stomach and waist -- a public execution overseen by local religious leaders in Afghanistan to punish her for an alleged affair.
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Deaths Were Required By "Our Religion": Afghan Court On Public Executions
Afghanistan's Supreme Court rejected on Saturday condemnation by the United Nations of the Taliban's use of capital punishment, a day after four convicted murderers were publicly executed.
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Taliban Publicly Executes 4 For Murder: Afghan Supreme Court
Afghanistan's Supreme Court said four convicted murderers were executed by order of Taliban authorities on Friday, bringing to ten the number of men publicly put to death since their return to power, according to an AFP tally.
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Taliban Conducts 6th Public Execution Since Return To Power In 2021
Taliban authorities in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday executed a convicted murderer by gunfire at a sports stadium, in the sixth public execution since their return to power.
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Thousands Watch As Taliban Executes Convicted Murderers In Football Stadium
Taliban authorities publicly executed two men convicted of murder in a football stadium in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday, according to an AFP journalist at the scene.
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"Eye For Eye": Taliban Publicly Executes 2 Murder Convicts In Stadium
Taliban authorities publicly executed two men convicted of murder in a football stadium in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday, according to an AFP journalist at the scene.
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Taliban Publicly Execute Murder Accused, Second After Afghanistan Takeover
A convicted murderer was shot dead Tuesday in the grounds of a mosque in provincial Afghanistan, officials said, the second public execution since the Taliban returned to power in August 2021.
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Taliban Defends Public Execution, Says It's Afghanistan's "Internal Matters"
The Taliban on Thursday termed the international criticism over its public execution "reprehensible" and "interference" in Afghanistan's internal matters, Voice of America (VOA) News reported.
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Taliban Publicly Flogs 27 Afghans, Including Women, After First Execution
The Taliban flogged 27 Afghans, including women, in front of a large crowd on Thursday, a day after publicly executing a convicted murderer for the first time since they returned to power last year.
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Taliban Publicly Execute Murder Accused, First After Afghanistan Takeover
The Taliban administration today put to death a man accused of murder in western Afghanistan, its spokesperson said, in the first officially confirmed public execution since the group took over the country last year.
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Video: Women Flogged In Afghanistan For Shopping Without Male Guardian
The Taliban regularly carried out punishments in public during their first rule that ended in late 2001, including floggings and executions at the national stadium.
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No Public Executions Unless Directed, Says Taliban In New Diktat: Report
The Taliban has directed local officials to refrain from carrying out punishments in public unless Afghanistan's "top court" issues the order for public execution.
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Afghanistan's Ashraf Ghani 'Unfit For Presidency': Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah
Afghanistan's Chief Executive has castigated his ally Ashraf Ghani as "unfit for the presidency", in a public outburst highlighting bitter internal divisions that threaten their US-brokered power sharing agreement.
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Afghan father guns down daughter over 'affair'
In front of 300 villagers, Halima's father shot her in the head, stomach and waist -- a public execution overseen by local religious leaders in Afghanistan to punish her for an alleged affair.
