Taliban official says strict punishment, executions, will return
One of the founders of the Taliban and therefore the chief enforcer of its strict rule of Afghanistan during the 1990s says the group will once more perform executions and amputations of hands, though perhaps not publicly .
In an interview with The Associated Press press agency , Mullah Nooruddin Turabi dismissed outrage over the Taliban’s executions within the past, which sometimes happened ahead of crowds at a stadium, and he warned the planet against interfering with Afghanistan’s new rulers.
“Everyone criticised us for the punishments within the stadium, but we’ve never said anything about their laws and their punishments,” Turabi told the AP, speaking in Kabul.
“No one will tell us what our laws should be. we’ll follow Islam and that we will make our laws on the Quran.”
Since the Taliban overran Kabul on Assumption and seized control of the country, Afghans and therefore the world are watching to ascertain whether or not they will recreate their harsh rule of the 1996-2001 period.
Turabi’s comments pointed to how the group’s leaders remain entrenched during a deeply conservative, hardline worldview, albeit they’re embracing technological changes, like video and mobile phones.
Peace and stability’
Turabi, now in his early 60s, was justice minister and head of the so-called Ministry of Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice – effectively, the religious police – during the Taliban’s previous rule.
At that point , the planet denounced the Taliban’s punishments, which happened in Kabul’s stadium or on the grounds of the sprawling Eid Gah Mosque, often attended by many Afghan men.
Executions of convicted murderers were usually by one shot to the top , administered by the victim’s family, who had the choice of accepting “blood money” and allowing the culprit to measure . For convicted thieves, the punishment was amputation of a hand. For those convicted of highway robbery, a hand and a foot were amputated.
Trials and convictions were rarely public and therefore the judiciary was weighted in favour of Islamic scholars, whose knowledge of the law was limited to spiritual injunctions.
Turabi said that this point , judges – including women – would adjudicate cases, but the inspiration of Afghanistan’s laws are going to be the Quran. He said an equivalent punishments would be revived.
“Cutting off of hands is extremely necessary for security,” he said, saying it had a deterrent effect. He said the cupboard was studying whether to try to to punishments publicly and can “develop a policy”.
In a recent interview with Al Jazeera, Turabi – who returned to Afghanistan after 20 years of exile in Pakistan – also said the new justice system will mirror the previous Taliban order, though with some “changes”.
Our deeds will show that we aren’t just like the Americans who say that they represent human rights but committed terrible crimes. there’ll be no more torture and no more hunger,” Turabi said, as he explained that the new prison staff will include members of the old system and therefore the Taliban mujahideen.
We have a constitution but we’ll introduce changes thereto and, supported those changes, we’ll revise the civil and criminal codes and therefore the rules for civilians. there’ll be much less prisoners because we’ll follow the principles of Islam, humane rules.”
Turabi didn’t discuss the killing of 4 people during the protest in Kabul on September 10, or mounting evidence of the torture against journalists and civilians still being administered in prisons.
“People worry about a number of our rules, for instance cutting hands. But this is often public demand. If you narrow off a hand of an individual , he won’t commit an equivalent crime again. People are now corrupt, extorting money from others, taking bribes,” he told Al Jazeera.
