AFGHANISTAN | Taliban Kill And Hang Four Kidnappers In Public

The Taliban killed four kidnappers on Saturday and hung their bodies in public in the western Afghanistan city of Herat, in the first such punishment since the Taliban took full control of the country. The four kidnappers died in a confrontation with the Taliban forces this morning in the city of Herat and after that their bodies were tied up and hanged in different parts of the city, a local government official told EFE on condition of anonymity.

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The four people had kidnapped a money changer and his son in the fifth district of the city, on this same day, and were holding him captive in a nearby area, according to this source. Shortly after the kidnapping, the Taliban intelligence forces began a search and quickly found the kidnappers, after which they began the rescue operation.

When security forces arrived in the area, in the fourth police district of the provincial capital, and tried to rescue the kidnapped people, the kidnappers opened fire on the Taliban. 

Finally a confrontation broke out between the security forces and them. In the confrontation, the four kidnappers were killed at the scene in a few minutes

said the source, who assured that the Taliban forces suffered no casualties in the clash.

The two victims were rescued safely without injury, he added. After this, he detailed, the bodies of the kidnappers were hung in public, in a place where thousands of people gathered to observe the punishment.

THE EXTREME PUNISHMENT

Some images disseminated on social networks show the body of one of these people, bloody, hanging from a crane in one of the main roundabouts of the city with a sign on his chest that reads: "Whoever carries out a kidnapping he will suffer the same fate . " This is the first time that the bodies of suspected criminals have been hung in public since they took full control of the country on August 15.

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Brutal punishments such as hanging, indictments, stoning, and whipping were common sanctions during the first Taliban rule in 1996-2001. During this period, radical Islamists hung up in public, almost daily, bodies of criminals in Kabul or some province of the country.

This type of punishment was not carried out by the Taliban during the two decades of war that followed the US invasion and their expulsion from power. Today's executions come a day after the Taliban government will deny having set a position on the restoration of extreme punishments , assuring that its Administration has not yet made a decision on the matter.

Kidnapping for ransom has been one of the biggest problems for merchants and, for the most part, wealthy-class citizens of the country over the past two decades. Despite intense efforts by the security forces, this type of crime has not been prevented or reduced.

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