"Taliban Executes Two in Public Stadium Showdown"

The Taliban carried out a double public execution at a stadium in southeastern Afghanistan, with thousands watching as two convicted men were killed by gunshots fired by their victims' relatives. The executions, ordered by the Taliban’s Supreme Court in retribution for purported crimes, marked the third and fourth public executions since the Taliban seized power in 2021. The United Nations has strongly criticized the Taliban for such practices and called on the country’s rulers to halt them.