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The Taliban hold another public execution as thousands watch at a stadium in northern Afghanistan (apnews.com)

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The Taliban held a public execution on Monday 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.

The execution took place in heavy snowfall in the city of Shibirghan, the capital of northern Jawzjan province, where the brother of the murdered man shot the convict five times with a rifle, according to an eyewitness . Security around the stadium was tight, said the witness, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the media.

It was also the fifth public execution since the Taliban seized power of Afghanistan in August 2021 as the U.S. and NATO troops were in the final weeks of their withdrawal from the country after two decades of war.

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[–] zaph@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Paint the picture however you please, a state sanctioned murder is still a state sanctioned murder regardless of how many people witness it.

[–] Badeendje@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

I'm against capital punishment. But the dirty 'what about', 'false equivalency' just takes attention awaily from the original article and subject. Maybe think about that.

The subject is that the taliban organized

A public execution
where the victim has/gets to shoot the purpetrators
in a crowded stadium.

If you want to rail against US capital punishment go do that, start threads, but not everything needs to be about the US.

[–] zaph@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago

An American journalist wrote an article in English on an American publication that I see as hypocritical. This is the perfect place for that discussion.