Taliban carry out first public execution since taking over Afghanistan last year

Man accused of stabbing another to death in 2017 was executed by his father before senior Taliban officials

The Taliban put to death a man accused of murder in western Afghanistan, its spokesperson said on Wednesday, in the first officially confirmed public execution since the group took over the country last year.

The execution in western Farah province was of a man accused of stabbing another man to death in 2017, Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said, and was attended by senior officials of the group.