One of the founders of the Taliban, Mullah Nooruddin Turabi has said they will once again carry out executions and amputations of hands.
In an interview with The Associated Press, Turabi, who was the chief enforcer of the group’s harsh interpretation of Islamic law when they last ruled Afghanistan dismissed outrage over the Taliban’s executions in the past, which sometimes took place in front of crowds at a stadium, warning the world against interfering with Afghanistan’s new rulers, as they did not interfere in theirs.
Reiterating that the Taliban was reformed and more liberal this time around, Turabi – now in charge of Prisons in the new Taliban government, noted that at the last enforcement of the strict laws, there was a resultant decrease in crimes and criminality.
During the Taliban’s reign in the 1990s, the world denounced the Taliban’s punishments, which took place in Kabul’s sports stadium or on the grounds of the sprawling Eid Gah mosque, often attended by hundreds of Afghan men.
Executions of convicted murderers were usually by a single shot to the head, carried out by the victim’s family, who had the option of accepting “blood money” and allowing the culprit to live. For convicted thieves, the punishment was amputation of a hand. For those convicted of highway robbery, a hand and a foot were amputated.
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