Public Executions By Taliban Spark Global Outcry

Public Executions By Taliban Spark Global Outcry

The Taliban carried out public executions of four individuals on April 11 -- the highest single-day number since it returned to power -- prompting a wave of condemnation from groups around the world.

Thousands more Afghans repatriated, say officials

Afghan refugees along with their belongings waiting to departure for Afghanistan, at a holding centre near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Chaman on April 10, 2025. —AFPKHYBER: At least 5,236 Afghan nationals were returned to Afghanistan via the Torkham border on Thursday, said the...

Taliban Publicly Executes 4 For Murder: Afghan Supreme Court

Four men were publicly executed in Afghanistan on Friday, the Supreme Court said, the highest number of executions to be carried out in one day since the Taliban's return to power. The executions in three separate provinces brought to 10 the number of men publicly put to death since 2021, according to an AFP tally. Public executions were common during the Taliban's first rule from 1996 to 2001, with most of them carried out publicly in sports st…