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
- AUGUST 8, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Afghanistan's ruling Taliban movement on publicly hanged...
Afghanistan's ruling Taliban movement on publicly hanged the four men convicted of setting off bombs in the capital and strung their bodies from cranes and a traffic tower in Kabul
- AUGUST 8, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Anyone found trying to convert Afghan Muslims to Christianity...
Anyone found trying to convert Afghan Muslims to Christianity - or anyone who converts - faces the death penalty under the Taliban's strict interpretation of Islamic Sharia law
- AUGUST 7, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The head of the Taleban sentenced to death four men...
The head of the Taleban sentenced to death four men for masterminding a number of bomb blasts in the Afghan capital Kabul in November 2000, Afghan Taleban radio said
- AUGUST 7, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said the...
Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said the government will do all it can to secure the release of two Australian aid workers, Diana Thomas and Peter Bunch, arrested in Afghanistan on August 6
- AUGUST 5, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
An armed Afghan bandit, sentenced to death for clashes...
An armed Afghan bandit, sentenced to death for clashes with Iranian police and carrying narcotics, was hanged in the northeastern city of Sabzevar in Iran's Khorasan Province
- AUGUST 5, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Afghanistan's Taliban rulers have arrested 24 aid workers,...
Afghanistan's Taliban rulers have arrested 24 aid workers, including two Americans, on charges of trying to convert Muslims to Christianity
- AUGUST 1, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Abdol Ghani was executed in Ghazni Province's Qarabagh...
Abdol Ghani was executed in Ghazni Province's Qarabagh District
- JULY 28, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
A convicted murderer was executed at a public meeting...
A convicted murderer was executed at a public meeting in Laghman Province, the Afghan Taleban radio said
- JULY 28, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Ahmad Samanzehi, an armed Afghan bandit, sentenced...
Ahmad Samanzehi, an armed Afghan bandit, sentenced to death by an Iranian revolutionary court for illegal possession of prohibited drugs, was hanged at dawn in northeastern Iran
- JULY 27, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Abdol Qayum was executed in a sports ground in the...
Abdol Qayum was executed in a sports ground in the western Herat Province
- JULY 16, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
A Loya Jirga [assembly of elders] of North Waziristan...
A Loya Jirga [assembly of elders] of North Waziristan tribesman at Ladha Tehsil ordered the execution of an Afghan accused of murder
- JULY 15, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Taleban radio reported that two murderers had been...
Taleban radio reported that two murderers had been publicly executed at the Abu Nasar sports field in Farah Province