Taliban publicly hangs bodies of alleged kidnappers in Afghanistan to deter ‘criminals’

The Taliban hung a bloodstained body from a crane in a city square in Afghanistan’s Herat on September 25, 2021. The body was allegedly one of four kidnappers killed by the Taliban. The other bodies were moved to other parts of the city for public display. Since the Taliban took over Afghanistan, officials have said the hard-line movement would return to public executions and amputations. Many fear it’s a sure sign of a return to the same brutality that defined its first rule of the country from 1996-2001.