"Taliban's Public Stadium Execution of Two Men Draws Thousands of Onlookers"

The Taliban carried out a public execution of two men in a stadium in Ghazni, Afghanistan, with relatives of the victims firing guns at the convicted men as thousands watched. The executions, ordered by the Taliban's Supreme Court in retribution for alleged stabbing deaths, marked the third and fourth public executions since the Taliban seized power in 2021. The United Nations strongly criticized the Taliban's use of public executions, calling for an immediate moratorium on the death penalty.