The Taliban government in Afghanistan has carried out its sixth public execution since coming to power in 2021. The evening before the execution, the provincial governor’s office called on officials and the public on social media to “participate in this event.”
The evening before the execution, the provincial governor’s office took to social media to call on officials and the public to “participate in this event.”
Afghanistan’s top court named the executed man as Mohammad Ayaz Asad.
The court said in a statement that he was sentenced to reprisal for shooting another man, Habibullah Saif-ul-Qatal, and that his case was “examined very sensitively and repeatedly.”
Since their return to power in August 2021, fewer executions have been carried out.
There were three public executions in a single week in February.
Two people were executed by being shot in the back in front of a large crowd in eastern Ghazni, and a few days later in the north, A similar execution was carried out in Jowzjan province.
