A convicted murderer was publicly executed at a stadium in eastern Afghanistan, witnesses told AFP on Tuesday, an act condemned as “inhumane” by UN human rights officials. The Supreme Court identified ...

A chilling video of a public execution has emerged on social media that reports say is from eastern Afghanistan's Khost. A man convicted of murdering 13 members of a family, including nine children, ...

KABUL, Afghanistan(AP) — Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities carried out a public execution at a stadium in the eastern city of Khost on Tuesday, putting to death a man who the country’s Supreme Court ...

KABUL (Reuters) - Human rights groups reacted with dismay on Wednesday to Afghanistan's resumption of executions after a near-four-year moratorium on a penalty that characterized the austere rule of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An Afghan Taliban fighter sits on a tank near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in Spin Boldak, Kandahar Province, following ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A police spokesperson claimed that at least 80,000 people attended a public execution in Afghanistan's eastern city of Khost on ...

Trump’s Anti-Weaponization Fund Died Because Political Reality Still Exists Audio By Carbonatix A terrible drama is unfolding in Afghanistan: There are reports that Said Musa, whose situation I ...

Rights groups and Afghan religious scholars have demonstrated against the executions of Afghan nationals by Iran. Afghan activists and tribal elders also participated in the April 21 rally in the ...

Five Afghan men were hanged on Wednesday for the gang rape of four women despite the United Nations and human rights groups criticising the trial and urging new president Ashraf Ghani to stay the ...

Afghanistan's Foreign Ministry is expressing confidence it can reach agreement with Iranian authorities to stop hanging Afghan nationals found guilty of crimes in Iran. Afghan Foreign Ministry ...