Thousands gathered at a sports stadium to watch a public execution as the Taliban's power in Afghanistan continues to grow.

The Taliban in Afghanistan have conducted another large-scale public execution before a stadium filled with tens of thousands of spectators, but this time they compelled a 13 year old boy to execute ...

A man convicted of murder was publicly executed at a stadium in eastern Afghanistan, witnesses told AFP on Tuesday, a punishment a UN rights monitor called "inhumane".

The Taliban's supreme court identified the victim as Mangal, who murdered 13 members of the boy's family, including several children and three women.

KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities carried out a public execution at a stadium in the eastern city of Khost on Tuesday, putting to death a man who the country’s Supreme Court said ...