Taliban to Bring Back Strict Punishments

Strict punishments such as amputations and executions will return in Afghanistan, the Associated Press reports.

“Executions of convicted murderers were usually by a single shot to the head, carried out by the victim’s family, who had the option of accepting ‘blood money’ and allowing the culprit to live. For convicted thieves, the punishment was amputation of a hand. For those convicted of highway robbery, a hand and a foot were amputated.”