The Taliban 'Back' Execution In Public, So First After POWER In Afghanistan

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JAKARTA - The Taliban have not been able to escape the 'ordinary' execution of criminals in public. Even after they returned to power in Afghanistan last year.

Reporting from the BBC, Wednesday 7 Desemb, the Taliban have done what they considered their first public execution.

A Taliban spokesman said a man named Tajmir had died at a sports stadium in the southwest Farah province filled with residents after he confessed to killing.

Dozens of group leaders, including most of the leading ministers in their government, attended the suspension.

It comes weeks after the judge was ordered to fully enforce Sharia law.

Taliban supreme leader Haibatullah Akhundzada issued a decree last month, ordering judges to impose sentences, including public executions, public amputation and seance.

The hardline Islamist group has pledged to pursue a softer version of the tough rules that characterized their previous rule from 1996 to 2001.

But the execution, which the Taliban said took place on Wednesday, marks the group's return to the group's extremist interpretation of Sharia law.

According to the Taliban, the executed man named Tajmir, son of Ghulam Sarwar and resident of Herat province, stabbed a man named Mustafa about five years ago.

He was later convicted by three Taliban courts and his sentence was approved by Mullah Akhundzada.

Prior to the execution, a public notice was issued to publish the event and "asked all citizens to join us on the sports field".

The man's mother who was killed told the BBC that Taliban leaders had begged her to forgive the man, but she insisted on executing him.

"The Taliban came to me and begged me to forgive these infidels," he said.

"They urged me to forgive this man for God's sake, but I told them that this man must be executed and must be buried the same as he did to my son."

"This can be a lesson for others," he added.

"If you don't execute it, he will commit another crime in the future."