KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – The Taliban authorities in northern Takhar province shot and killed six men for alleged theft and put their bodies on public display in the city, local sources reported.
Speaking with KabulNow today, the sources revealed that the incident occurred on Thursday evening, September 19, in the Baharak district.
According to the sources, Taliban agents entered a residential house in the area, killed those individuals, and later put their bodies on public display near a local market.
There are no further details available at the moment.
The local Taliban authorities have not yet commented on the incident.
Mubin Safi, the spokesperson for the Taliban security command in Takhar, has not yet replied to KabulNow’s request for comment on the incident.
This marks the latest instance of the Taliban killing Afghan citizens on allegations of theft, robbery, and similar charges. Over the past years, the regime has killed dozens of people on these allegations across Afghanistan, without any trial or legal procedures.
Earlier in May, Taliban security agents shot and killed three young men and injured another in Kabul city, accusing them of theft. However, our sources later refuted the Taliban’s claims, saying that they were not involved in theft.
Last year in February, the regime shot dead four men for alleged robbery in western Herat province and subsequently displayed their bodies in the city, with a message attached that read, “Whoever dares to open fire on Mujahidin and commit robbery must learn from this.”
After taking power three years ago with the withdrawal of U.S.-led international forces from Afghanistan, the Taliban dismantled the country’s judicial system, suspended or eliminated all existing laws, and replaced them with its own hardline laws based on a strict interpretation of Islamic law.
Over the past three years, the UN, human rights groups, and activists have repeatedly urged the regime to respect and adhere to the international laws that Afghanistan has ratified and to end practices that violate these laws.
The fundamentalist regime, however, has thus far ignored international criticism and calls, deeming it an internal matter and arguing that it is enforcing sharia law in the country.
