Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada defended the recent public executions as part of Islamic law, rejecting Western ...

Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada defended executions as part of Islam, after four men were executed in Afghanistan. The ...

The Taliban leader said executions were part of Islam, days after four men were killed by gunfire in Afghanistan after they were convicted of murder.

Rights groups and the U.N. condemned the killings. Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada has previously rejected the need for Western laws in Afghanistan. In an audio clip released Sunday by the ...