For the 3rd time

First execution since 2012

The Taliban held a public execution on February 26, 2024 of a man convicted of murder in northern Afghanistan as thousands watched at a sports stadium, the third such death sentence to be carried out in the past five days.

Scheduled for February 28

A court in Joypurhat on January 31, 2024 sentenced 11 people to death for killing a ninth grader in Sadar upazila 21 years ago.

Eighteen individuals on February 22, 2024 received the death penalty with one sentenced to life imprisonment in a landmark ruling at the Thong Pha Phum Provincial Court in Kanchanaburi province.

A Kurdish prisoner

The Taliban carried out a double public execution at a stadium in southeastern Afghanistan on February 22, 2024 as thousands watched the killing of two convicted men as their victims’ relatives fired the gunshot.