Taliban thugs hang corpses of ‘criminals’ from diggers in shocking photos from Afghanistan
TALIBAN thugs have hung the corpses of alleged criminals from diggers in shocking new photos from Afghanistan
According to deputy governor Mawlawi Shir Ahmad Muhajir, the three men were killed after entering a man's home to rob him.
In the graphic images shared on social media, the corpses are shown hoisted into the air and hanging by their necks in Obe district in Herat province.
Onlookers were seen taking photos of the men as their bodies were displayed in public.
Tuesday's gruesome display is another example of the kind of practices that feed international concern that the Taliban have returned to their brutal ways last seen when they were in control of Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001.
This is despite the Taliban frequently insisting to the world that it has changed from the hard-line Islamic group that doled out brutal punishments to criminals and greatly restricted the rights citizens, particularly women and girls.
It comes just a few weeks after the dead bodies of alleged kidnappers were hung from a crane in the middle of a busy square in Afghanistan after a bloody execution.
Witnesses said the four bodies were dragged to a square in Herat before one was hung on a crane - as three corpses were moved to other parts of the city for public display.
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Wazir Ahmad Seddiqi, who runs a pharmacy alongside the square, said the men were hung after being accused by the Taliban of taking part in a kidnapping. They were killed by the police, according to .
Harrowing footage shared online shows one man dangling from a noose that's attached to a vehicle.
It comes as the Afghan girls football squad are begging for help to escape the Taliban's rule — so they can play for Leeds United.
Some 32 players, their families and coaches are in Pakistan on 30-day visas but face having to return to the sexist regime at the end of that time.
It has written to Boris Johnson to ask for visas and say every squad member has been offered a place on Leeds’ youth development teams.
And now the Home Secretary is “straining at every sinew” to bring the squad to Britain.
Co-founder of charity Football For Peace, Kashif Siddiqi, a Pakistani international, said: “The race is on to find them a permanent safe haven.”
The group is urgently working on whether UK visas can be found for the girls, their coaches and their families.
They are currently on 30 days temporary permits in Pakistan after escaping over the land border from Kabul as the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan in August.
The Taliban has told Boris Johnson to "respect the aspiration" of Afghanistan and that it's his "moral obligation" to help rebuild the country.
Suhail Shaheen, the Taliban's spokesman, told Sky News tonight: "The UK Prime Minister and all leaders of the world, they should respect the aspirations of the people of Afghanistan."
