Man publicly executed by Taliban in Afghanistan stadium for allegedly murdering 13 people

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00:00Shocking video posted on X allegedly shows the public execution of a man in Afghanistan's

00:05eastern city of Khost after he was accused by the country's high courts of murder, capturing

00:10the chilling moment the deadly shots purportedly rang out in front of thousands of witnesses

00:14who had gathered to watch.

00:19The public killing which took place on December 2nd, and is known in Afghanistan's Sharia

00:23law as Qisas, is the 11th known execution since the Taliban seized power after the US's

00:29botched withdrawal in 2021, according to the country's Supreme Court.

00:34The Khost police announced the execution on X, warning attendees interested in watching

00:38the public bloodshed to not bring cameras, smartphones, or weapons to the execution.

00:44Police spokesperson Mustafir Ghorbaz claimed on X that at least 80,000 people attended

00:49the execution, which local news reported took place in the city's central football field.

00:54Ghorbaz also posted a picture of the alleged man executed by Taliban officials, whom the

00:59Supreme Court identified as Mengel.

01:01According to the court, Mengel was put to death for allegedly murdering a man named Abdul Rahman,

01:06in a case the Supreme Court said was examined, quote, very precisely and repeatedly by three

01:11courts.

01:12Ghorbaz later expanded on the accusations against Mengel on X, alleging that he had, quote,

01:16brutally and mysteriously murdered 13 members of a family.

01:20A statement from the court said the surviving victim's family were given the option to forgive

01:24Mengel, but that they refused and insisted that he be put to death.

01:27Ghorbaz claimed the public execution was carried out by a relative of those Mengel was convicted

01:32of killing.

01:33Sources told Amu TV that the relative was a 13-year-old boy.

01:37The Associated Press said the execution was approved by Afghanistan's supreme leader,

01:41Abatullah Akunzada.

01:43Local news reports also said two others were also implicated in the murder, but that their

01:47death sentences were postponed because the victim's family members weren't present.

01:51The execution was carried out despite calls for it to be stopped from the United Nations'

01:55Special Rapporteur for Afghanistan, Richard Bennett.

01:58Reports received of an imminent public execution in coast Afghanistan this morning.

02:02Public executions are inhumane, a cruel and unusual punishment, and contrary to international

02:08law, it should be halted, he wrote.

02:11Human rights organizations have long been critical of Afghanistan's judicial process and

02:15laws.

02:16The Taliban uses a strict interpretation of the Islamic legal framework known as Sharia law,

02:22and according to Amnesty International, has been known to arbitrarily arrest, torture and

02:26execute individuals.

02:27Human Rights Watch says Taliban officials have also detained citizens for smaller infractions,

02:32such as playing music and wearing inappropriate hijabs.

02:35Public executions are also not new for the previously war-torn country.

02:39During the Taliban's occupation of Afghanistan in the 90s, officials often carried out stonings,

02:45floggings and executions.