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Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers carry out public execution in sports stadium in eastern city
The execution was the 11th since 2021 under Taliban rule, carried out under Qisas law with 80,000 spectators attending, according to the Taliban Supreme Court.
- On Tuesday, Afghanistan's Taliban authorities executed Mangal at a sports stadium in Khost, eastern city, the Supreme Court said.
- His conviction followed legal reviews showing the killing of members of an extended family earlier this year; courts upheld the sentence and victims' families requested the death penalty.
- Tens of thousands attended after authorities urged people to attend in notices shared on Monday and Dec 1, with witnesses and Khost police spokesman Mustaghfir Gorbaz saying a relative of the victims shot the condemned man three times in front of thousands of onlookers.
- UN monitors condemned the execution, with Richard Bennett calling it `inhumane, cruel, and an unusual punishment, contrary to international law`, while Amnesty International noted unfair trials and AFP's tally reached 12 public executions since 2021.
- Historically, the Taliban staged public punishments in sports stadiums since public executions were common under the 1996–2001 Taliban rule, and they have reinstated strict Sharia measures including bans on women and girls and corporal punishments like flogging.
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