Taliban authorities in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday executed a convicted murderer by gunfire at a sports stadium, the sixth public execution since their return to power.

The Taliban Supreme Court on Wednesday announced the public execution of a convicted murderer in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Paktia. Taliban officials and local residents observed the execution,

The punishment will be carried out Wednesday at a sports stadium in the country's eastern Paktia province, according to an official announcement

Taliban authorities on Wednesday carried out the public execution of a convicted murderer by gunfire at a sports stadium in eastern Afghanistan , marking the sixth such execution since regaining power after the departure of US and Nato forces in 2021.

The convict had been in detention since before the Taliban came to power for killing another man, Habibullah Saif-ul-Qatal, while the case was “examined very precisely and repeatedly” by three militar

Taliban authorities in eastern Afghanistan publicly executed an alleged murderer Wednesday, citing the Islamic concept of retributive justice, or qisas. The early morning punishment took place at a sports stadium in Gardez, the capital of the Paktia province, the Taliban supreme court announced through the social media platform X.

The condemned man was shot with three bullets to the chest by a member of the victim's family in front of thousands of spectators in Gardez, the capital of Paktia province, according to an AFP journalist at the scene.