UN and Rights Group Condemn Taliban’s Public Executions, Urge End to Capital Punishment

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – The UN mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and Amnesty International have condemned the Taliban’s latest public executions and urged an immediate halt to the use of capital punishment in the country.

On Friday, the Taliban carried out the public execution of four men convicted of murder in the western provinces of Badghis, Nimruz, and Farah. The incidents mark the tenth recorded instance of capital punishment since the group’s return to power in August 2021.