Taliban’s supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada.
Wed 28 June 2023:
Taliban supreme leader has freed 2,178 prisoners in a goodwill gesture over Eid-ul-Adha.
According to a statement issued by the Supreme Court, the prisoners were freed ahead of Eid-ul-Adha based on the decree of Islamic Emirate’s supreme leader Mawlavi Hibatullah Akhundzada.
The statement also said that at least 489 other prisoners were given reduced sentences on the occasion of Eid.
According to Helmand Province’s Deputy Head of Information and Culture on Monday, at least 118 prisoners were freed from the provincial prisons. However, according to the report, some of their inmates have completed their prison terms while others were punished by whipping, as per Khaama Press.
According to the report, some inmates had completed their prison terms while others were punished by whipping.
Taliban publicly executes man convicted of murder
Afghanistan’s Taliban has publicly executed a man Last week, convicted of the murders of five people, the Supreme Court says of the second confirmed official execution since the group returned to power in 2021.
The execution took place on Tuesday in the eastern province of Laghman, the Taliban-run Supreme Court said in a statement without saying how he was executed.
The court said the punishment took place in the presence of regional Taliban officials and the execution had been approved by the supreme spiritual leader after an investigation concluded by “three courts”.
“Due to the seriousness of the case, the supreme leader also undertook a final investigation and after discussion with scholars confirmed the execution,” the statement said.
Last year, the Supreme Court announced punishments such as public lashings for those accused of offences such as robbery and adultery, signalling a possible return to practices common under Taliban rule in the 1990s.
The United Nations mission in the country reported in May that more than 300 people had been publicly flogged in six months as it called for an end to the practice. It also urged an end to the death penalty.
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