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
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The foreign minister of Afghanistan's ruling Taliban...
The foreign minister of Afghanistan's ruling Taliban was quoted saying the hard-line movement might consider swapping eight detained foreign aid workers for an Islamic militant, Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman, jailed in the United States
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The eight foreign aid workers on trial for promoting...
The eight foreign aid workers on trial for promoting Christianity in Islamic Afghanistan appeared for the first time in the ruling Taliban's Supreme Court, saying they were innocent of proselytising
- SEPTEMBER 7, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The Taleban Government intensified its campaign against...
The Taleban Government intensified its campaign against Western aid organisations in Afghanistan, displaying an array of Bibles and Christian films which it said had been confiscated from charity workers expelled
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Islamist sources said Afghanistan's ruling Taliban...
Islamist sources said Afghanistan's ruling Taliban were considering a prisoner swap with the United States as a trial in Kabul of eight foreign aid workers for promoting Christianity -a charge that carries the death penalty - began its third day
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The UN special envoy to Afghanistan, Francesc Vendrell,...
The UN special envoy to Afghanistan, Francesc Vendrell, arrived in the Afghan capital saying he would talk to the ruling Taliban about the fate of 24 aid workers accused of promoting Christianity
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
A senior Taleban official has warned that foreign aid...
A senior Taleban official has warned that foreign aid workers on trial in Afghanistan on charges of preaching Christianity could be executed
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The chief justice of Afghanistan's ruling Taliban said...
The chief justice of Afghanistan's ruling Taliban said the trial of eight foreign aid workers accused of promoting Christianity had begun
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Abdul Hai, Taliban's deputy minister for Promotion...
Abdul Hai, Taliban's deputy minister for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, said that under Islamic laws, converts would be given three days to renounce Christianity and they could be spared the capital punishment if they repented
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The United Nations called for a fair trial of all 24...
The United Nations called for a fair trial of all 24 foreign and Afghan aid workers detained by Afghanistan's Taliban rulers on the charge of promoting Christianity
- AUGUST 29, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Bakhtar Information Agency reported that a man known...
Bakhtar Information Agency reported that a man known as Adamshah, convicted of murder, was executed
- AUGUST 9, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
It was reported on Afghan Taleban radio that Awlia...
It was reported on Afghan Taleban radio that Awlia Khan was publicly executed in the Sena sports ground in Mazar-e Sharif
- AUGUST 8, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
A U.S. official said that Afghanistan's ruling Taliban...
A U.S. official said that Afghanistan's ruling Taliban told the United States that a decree issued in June prescribes expulsion, not the death penalty, for foreigners preaching other religions to Afghan Muslims