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 27, 2003AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The conservative Iranian daily Kayhan reported that...
The conservative Iranian daily Kayhan reported that Ghassem Abdollahi, a 47 year old Afghani, had been publicly hanged for murder in the south-western town of Poldokhtar
- MAY 9, 2003AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Sultan Khan Osman Omrah, an Afghani convicted of drug...
Sultan Khan Osman Omrah, an Afghani convicted of drug trafficking, was publicly beheaded in Saudi Arabia
- APRIL 28, 2003AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The United Nations and an Afghan human rights group...
The United Nations and an Afghan human rights group accused fighters in northwestern Afghanistan of violating human rights during clashes in March, including the execution of 26 people whose bodies were found with their hands tied
- MARCH 5, 2003AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
A United Nations human rights expert called on Afghanistan...
A United Nations human rights expert called on Afghanistan to suspend the death penalty and stop executions because the country's judicial system was not up to international standards, according to a report released by the UN
- JANUARY 1, 2003AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Afghanistan has an interim administration which was...
Afghanistan has an interim administration which was inaugurated on 22 December 2001 and which is due to govern for six months
- NOVEMBER 18, 2002AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
About 100 Afghan students held a demonstration in front...
About 100 Afghan students held a demonstration in front of the Afghan embassy in Islamabad in Pakistan
- NOVEMBER 12, 2002AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
A tribunal has turned down the appeal from Abdullah...
A tribunal has turned down the appeal from Abdullah Shah a notorious Afghan commander sentenced to death for killing dozens of people, including three of his wives and five of his children
- OCTOBER 30, 2002AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Three Afghans convicted of murder, armed robbery, "seducing...
Three Afghans convicted of murder, armed robbery, "seducing children" and creating public disorder were hanged publicly in the Islamic republic of Iran's city of Qom, newspapers reported
- OCTOBER 26, 2002AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
During the debate on the new Constitution, moderates...
During the debate on the new Constitution, moderates fear the growing influence of religious conservatives over the judicial system and regard Fazul Hadi Shinwari, the chief justice of the Supreme Court, with suspicion
- OCTOBER 23, 2002AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The special rapporteur of the UN Commission on Human...
The special rapporteur of the UN Commission on Human Rights on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Asma Jahangir, said at the end of her ten-day mission in Afghanistan: "I feel encouraged at the political will shown by the people and the gove
- OCTOBER 16, 2002AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Abdol Mahmud Daqiq, the prosecutor general, met UNHCR's...
Abdol Mahmud Daqiq, the prosecutor general, met UNHCR's head at the former office
- OCTOBER 16, 2002AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Abdol Mahmud Daqiq, the prosecutor general, met UNHCR's...
Abdol Mahmud Daqiq, the prosecutor general, met UNHCR's head at the former office