Taliban did not keep their promises.
The organization's fighter watches a local competition in the north of the country, last month (Photo: Reuters)
A man convicted of murder was executed today (Wednesday) in western Afghanistan in the presence of senior Taliban.
This is the first official public execution since the extremist organization returned to power about a year and a half ago, and reinstated Sharia law in the Muslim country.
The Taliban spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahad, said that the execution was carried out in Farah district in the west of the country with the approval of the supreme leader, who sits in Kandahar in the south of the country.
He said the inmate, who was convicted of stabbing another man to death in 2017, was executed by the victim's father, who shot him three times.
The execution was carried out in a sports stadium, in the presence of several senior Taliban officials, including the interior minister, the deputy prime minister, the head of the judiciary, the foreign minister and the education minister.
"Taliban 2.0 they have presented themselves to the Afghan people and the world," wrote an Afghan activist living in Canada, who posted a document purported to be from the scene of the execution.
"Full Talibanization of Afghanistan is underway," he wrote on Twitter.
The Taliban, which took advantage of the departure of foreign forces led by the United States after 20 years of war to recapture power in August last year, promised at the time that it had changed and that the extreme punishment that characterized its previous regime would not be repeated.
However, the Taliban has broken most of its promises since then, when, among other things, it banned girls from attending schools.
In addition to this, last month the Supreme Court announced punishments of public flogging for men and women convicted of acts of robbery and adultery throughout the country.
The United Nations has urged Taliban authorities to immediately halt the public floggings that were common during the group's first reign, which lasted from 1996 until it was toppled by the United States five years later in response to the September 11 attacks.
Under the Western-backed government, draconian punishments such as stoning Public stonings and floggings have become rare, although the death penalty remains legal in Afghanistan.Last month, the Taliban's supreme leader met with the country's judges and ordered them to impose punishments in accordance with Islamic law.
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