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As a 13-year-old kid executed a guy found guilty of killing almost his entire family, three gunshots pierced the air and a crowded cricket stadium erupted in cheers. It was a terrifying scene that brought back the worst memories of Taliban rule.

An estimated 80,000 people watched the execution in Khost province. The murdered man and his accomplice were found guilty of breaking into a family home and killing 13 people, including nine children and their mother, according to the Taliban-run Supreme Court.

The relatives of the victims had the choice to pardon the murderer in accordance with the Taliban’s view of qisas, or retributive justice. The court authorized the execution after all judicial levels, including the Taliban’s top leader, signed off on their refusal and demand for the death penalty.

As some members of the mob yelled “Allahu Akbar,” the child shot the condemned man three times. A citizen who witnessed the execution, Mujib Rahman Rahmani, stated that such penalties might “prove to be positive” because “no one will dare to kill anyone in the future.”

Although camera phones were prohibited from inside the stadium by Taliban authorities, pictures showing throngs waiting in line to enter the grounds and hundreds more congregating outside once the facility was full eventually surfaced. Since the Taliban took back control in 2021, this is at least the eleventh public execution.

The Taliban frequently carried out public executions, amputations, floggings, and stonings during its prior tenure in the late 1990s.

Along with extensive limitations on women and girls, such as prohibitions on secondary and university education and the majority of jobs, their return has resulted in the reinstatement of severe Sharia penalties.

Even while the administration has made public floggings and other forms of physical punishment commonplace, today’s execution sparked new international criticism.

Richard Bennett, the UN Special Rapporteur for Afghanistan, wrote on X that rumors of the execution had surfaced hours earlier, urging that it be halted. “Public executions are inhumane, a cruel and unusual punishment, and contrary to international law,” he said.

Tens of thousands of people watched the execution in spite of their pleas, including families who drove to the stadium, making it a somber public spectacle.

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