Taliban Carry Out Public Qisas Execution After Teenager’s Family Killing

In Afghanistan, the Taliban carried out a public execution in which a 13-year-old boy shot and killed a man accused of killing 13 members of his family, Orda.kz reports.

According to The Independent, around 80,000 men gathered at a sports stadium in Khost province in the southeast of the country to witness the execution.

The defendant, identified only as Mangal Fard, was found guilty — along with two accomplices — of killing 13 members of the teenager’s family, including women and children. Under Sharia law, he was sentenced to Qisas, the principle of “an eye for an eye.”

Today, a Qisas execution was carried out at a stadium in Khost province. The families of the victims were given the opportunity to forgive, but they refused.
 the Supreme Court of Afghanistan stated.

This was the eleventh execution carried out by the Taliban since their return to power in 2021. Authorities banned cell phones inside the stadium, but footage of the large crowd was filmed outside.

The video later circulated on social media, shared by Afghan journalist Nilofar Ayubi.

The UN has called for an end to public executions, stressing that such actions violate international law and describing them as “inhumane and cruel.”

The Taliban have previously held public executions in stadiums, and since returning to power, they have banned women from attending high schools and universities, as well as from working in many sectors.

Original Author: Alina Pak