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Taliban publicly execute man accused of murder, senior officials attend

FILE PHOTO: Afghan Taliban's acting Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani speaks during the anniversary event of the departure of the Soviet Union from Afghanistan, in Kabul, Afghanistan April 28, 2022. REUTERS/Ali Khara/File Photo

The Taliban administration on Wednesday put to death a man accused of murder in western Afghanistan, its spokesperson said, in the first officially confirmed public execution since the group took over the country last year.

The execution in western Farah province was of a man accused of stabbing another man to death in 2017, Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said, and was attended by senior officials of the group.

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