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A convicted murderer was shot dead Tuesday in the grounds of a mosque in provincial Afghanistan, officials said, the second public execution since the Taliban returned to power in August 2021.

A convicted murderer was shot dead Tuesday in the grounds of a mosque in provincial Afghanistan. | World News

Since returning to power in 2021, the Taliban has carried out its second public execution, with fears that they could once again become the norm in the war-torn country.

Although public executions were common during the Taliban's first rule from 1996 to 2001, the only other one they have carried out since returning to power was in December last year in Farah province

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers Tuesday carried out what is believed to be the second confirmed public execution since the religious group took power in 2021, according to the country's Supreme Court. The court had sentenced to death a man identified only as Ajmal from the capital Kabul who was found guilty of murdering five people in two separate incidents last year. The execution was carried out with an assault rifle by the son of Siad Wali, one of five men killed by Ajmal.

Group carries out its second confirmed official execution since it returned to power in Afghanistan in 2021.

A convicted murderer was shot dead Tuesday in the grounds of a mosque in provincial Afghanistan, officials said, the second public execution since the

MEHTARLAM (Pajhwok): A man convicted of murder was publicly executed in Mehtarlam, the capital of eastern Laghman province, on Tuesday, the second public execution since

Afghanistan's Supreme Court has confirmed that the Taliban rulers carried out what is believed to be the second public execution since the group came into power in 2021.

It comes just a month after the United Nations in a report strongly criticized the Taliban for carrying out public executions, lashings and stonings since seizing power, and called on the countrys rulers to halt such practices.