Four men were publicly executed in Afghanistan on April 11, 2025, the Supreme Court said, the highest number of executions to be carried out in one day since the Taliban's return to power.

The case of Ammar al-Baluchi

Abdolsalam Baluch Meshkenti (Ahurani), Fereydoun Mohammadi, and Allahnazar Gorgij

Sajad Akbari, Bahram Hodavand Khani, Salar Amir Jalali, Abolfazl Karimi, Mehdi Salan and two unidentified men. Hengaw (and HoC) already reported the execution of 4 of them

Majid Lajei, Ramin (Rahmatollah) Alizahi, Davood Bajizahi (Shahouzehi), and Bashir Ahmad Rigi

64-year-old political prisoner

By firing squad

Global executions hit their highest figure since 2015, as over 1,500 people were executed across 15 countries in 2024, said Amnesty International on April 8, 2025 as it released its annual report on the global use of the death penalty