75-Year-Old Man Sentenced to Death by the Taliban for Murder

🔪The 75-year-old man has been sentenced to death by the Taliban for murdering a relative.

🔁The man claims he sought revenge for rumors of his daughter-in-law having an affair with the victim.

⚖️The Taliban's return to power has reinstated their strict interpretation of Islamic law, including eye-for-an-eye punishments.

🔙The previous justice system, which combined Islamic and secular law, has been scrapped by the Taliban.

⛓️Due to the lengthy appeals process, no death sentences have been carried out in Ghazni province.

What was the man sentenced to death for?

—The man was sentenced to death for the murder of a relative.

Why did the man commit the murder?

—The man claims that he committed the murder as revenge for rumors of his daughter-in-law having an affair with the victim.

What legal system does the Taliban follow?

—The Taliban follows a strict interpretation of Islamic law, which includes eye-for-an-eye punishments.

What happened to the previous justice system?

—The previous justice system, which combined Islamic and secular law, has been scrapped by the Taliban.

Have any death sentences been carried out in Ghazni province?

—No death sentences have been carried out in Ghazni province due to the lengthy appeals process.

00:05A 75-year-old man has been sentenced to death by the Taliban for murder.

00:21Under the Taliban's strict interpretation of Islamic law, eye-for-an-eye punishments are now in effect.

01:13The Taliban's return to power has led to the scrapping of the previous justice system, which combined Islamic and secular law.

01:39In Ghazni province, the courts have issued a dozen death sentences, but none have been carried out due to the lengthy appeals process.

02:17The Taliban defends their legal system by pointing to the corruption of the previous administration.

03:05Jurists say that miscarriages of justice are more likely to happen in the Taliban's sharia system.

03:46The 75-year-old man sentenced in Ghazni claims he did not have access to a lawyer.

03:56In December 2022, the Taliban carried out their first public execution since returning to power.