Taliban executes 2 convicted murderers in football stadium

The Taliban government in Afghanistan publicly executed two men convicted of murder in a football stadium in the eastern part of the country on Thursday, a report in AFP said.

The two convicted men were executed by shooting to the back in Ghazni city after a Supreme Court read aloud a death warrant signed by Taliban Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada, who is in hiding.

"These two people were convicted of the crime of murder. After two years of trial in the courts of the country, the order has been signed," Supreme Court official Atiqullah Darwish said, as per the report.