Taliban carry out first public execution since taking over Afghanistan
Man accused of fatal stabbing in 2017 executed by victim’s father before senior officials
The Taliban put to death a man accused of murder in western Afghanistan, its spokesperson said on Wednesday, in the first officially confirmed public execution since the group took over the country last year.
The execution in western Farah province was of a man accused of fatally stabbing another man in 2017, Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said, and was attended by senior officials of the group.