TThe Alibis plan to bring back corporal punishment in Afghanistan, including executions and amputation of limbs According to a representative of the terrorist movement, corporal punishment, such as amputation of limbs, “has a deterrent effect.” Whether they will be used publicly, the new government has not yet decided
The terrorist movement “Taliban” (banned in Russia), which has seized power in Afghanistan, intends to revive the practice of executions and corporal punishment in the country, including cutting off limbs. Mullah Nuruddin Turabi, one of the founders of the movement, said this in an interview with the Associated Press.
During the previous Taliban rule (1996–2001), Turabi was the Minister of Justice and headed the Ministry of Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (the department served as a religious police, AP notes). In the new government, he runs the prison service. Turabi is included in the UN sanctions list.
“Cutting off hands is necessary to ensure security,” Turabi said, noting that the measure ” has a deterrent effect.” Now the Taliban government is deciding whether to apply punishments in public.
The representative of the terrorist movement rejected the indignation of the world community about the executions that the militants staged in front of the crowd during the previous arrival of kvlasti. Most of them were held at a sports stadium in Kabul, AP writes. Those convicted of murder were shot in the head by relatives of his victims, and those accused of theft had their hands cut off.
“Everyone criticized us for punishments at the stadium, but we never said anything about their laws and punishments,” Turabi said.& mdash; No one can tell us what our laws should be. We will follow Islam and will establish our laws based on the Koran.
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The militants had previously promised to avoid lynching in society. All punishments, such as executions or stoning, will be carried out only by a court decision, a representative of the terrorist movement said in August.
On August 15, the Taliban took control of the capital of Afghanistan, Kabul, and announced the end of the war with the resistance forces in the country. This happened after the American troops began to leave Afghanistan. As soon as the Taliban occupied Kabul, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled to the UAE. On September 7, the Taliban presented a new composition of the government.
The positions of the Taliban, according to the militants, have softened compared to what life looked like under the rule of the Taliban from 1996 to 2001. In particular, Turabi said, now the militants will allow television and mobile phones, ” because this is a human need and we take it seriously.” According to him, the militants consider the media as a way to spread their ideas.
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