Taliban Publicly Execute Afghan Man Convicted of Murder

The Taliban carried out their second known public execution since taking control of Afghanistan in 2021.
The executed man, identified only as Ajmal, was convicted of murdering five people across two incidents last year.
Ajmal was executed in front of a mosque in Laghman province by the son of one of his victims using an assault rifle.
The Taliban's supreme leader ordered the execution after Afghanistan's Supreme Court and two lower courts upheld Ajmal's death sentence.
The international community is likely to condemn the Taliban for carrying out public executions and harsh punishments like lashings and stonings since seizing power.