Afghanistan
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- theocracy
- CONSTITUTION
- new, signed on January 16, 2004 (based on the one from 1964); suspended by the Taliban in 2021
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- the Taliban are applying their interpretation of Islamic law, which is partly based on the Hanafi school of Islamic jurisprudence
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- the Taliban government has not announced the formation of a legislative body
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court and many provincial courts, religious courts and specialized courts
RELIGIONS
Muslim 99.7% (Sunnis 84.7 - 89.7%, Shia 10 - 15%), other <0.3% (2009 est.)
From the country
- MAY 21, 2005AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN. FOUR MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ARMED ROBBERY AND MURDER
it was reported that the Afghan court responsible for crimes against national and external security sentenced four men to death on charges of involvement in an armed robbery and for the murder of two people in the Dehsabz District of Kabul Province.
- APRIL 21, 2005AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN. WOMAN STONED TO DEATH FOR ADULTERY
an Afghan woman was stoned to death for adultery, police said, the first such incident in Afghanistan since the Taliban's ouster from power.
- MARCH 17, 2005AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN. 4 SENTENCED TO DEATH IN ATTACKS ON FOREIGNERS
an Afghan court sentenced four people to death for planning two attacks in 2004 that killed 12 people, including four Americans, a senior judge said, blaming both incidents on Al Qaeda.
- FEBRUARY 12, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. AFGHANI EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
an Afghani convicted of drug trafficking was beheaded by the sword in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah, the Saudi interior ministry said.
- JANUARY 1, 2005AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
On October 9, 2004 Afghans voted for a president in the country’s first democratic election.
On October 9, 2004 Afghans voted for a president in the country’s first democratic election.
- NOVEMBER 20, 2004AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Reza Khan, an Afghan man accused of killing four journalists in 2001...
Reza Khan, an Afghan man accused of killing four journalists in 2001, was found guilty and sentenced to death after saying his gang was acting on the orders of a top Taliban commander.
- NOVEMBER 20, 2004ItalyDEATH PENALTY
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"We never thought that the person who killed Maria Grazia could be condemned to capital punishment.
- OCTOBER 27, 2004AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
An Afghan court sentenced to death three Afghans convicted...
An Afghan court sentenced to death three Afghans convicted of killing 11 Chinese road engineers in the north-eastern province of Kunduz in June 2004, Supreme Court Judge Abdul Bari Bakhtyari said
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2004AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Two Afghans convicted of six murders were executed...
Two Afghans convicted of six murders were executed by hanging in a prison in the northern Iranian city of Saveh
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2004AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
despite progress since the fall of the Taliban in 2001, Afghans suffer from human rights violations, an UN expert reported to the UN General Assembly.
despite progress since the fall of the Taliban in 2001, Afghans suffer from human rights violations, an UN expert reported to the UN General Assembly.
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2004AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
An Afghan convicted of kidnapping identified as Obaidullah...
An Afghan convicted of kidnapping identified as Obaidullah Noorzehi was hanged in public in Iran's southeastern city of Zahedan
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2004AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Feyz Mohammad, a 16-year-old Afghan national, was reportedly...
Feyz Mohammad, a 16-year-old Afghan national, was reportedly sentenced to death by a juvenile court in Karaz, Iran