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
- JULY 13, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Two men convicted of murder were publicly executed...
Two men convicted of murder were publicly executed at the Mazar-e Sharif [Balkh Province, northern Afghanistan] sports ground
- JUNE 26, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Allah Mohammad was publicly executed in front of thousands...
Allah Mohammad was publicly executed in front of thousands of onlookers after he had been found guilty of murder
- JUNE 18, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad Qasem was publicly executed in the Shindand...
Mohammad Qasem was publicly executed in the Shindand district
- JUNE 16, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Abdol Momen was publicly executed for murder in Baghis...
Abdol Momen was publicly executed for murder in Baghis province
- JUNE 14, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Afghanistan's ruling Taliban militia executed eight...
Afghanistan's ruling Taliban militia executed eight men on the Afghan-Tajik border in full view of Russian border guards, a Russian military source in the Tajik capital Dushanbe said
- MAY 24, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
A man convicted of being a murderer, thief and adulterer...
A man convicted of being a murderer, thief and adulterer was executed before thousands of citizens in the Aqcha District in Jowzjan
- MAY 1, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Janat Gul, who had consciously killed his wife Bebi...
Janat Gul, who had consciously killed his wife Bebi Ayesha was executed in front of thousands of people in Leva plain, Laghman Province
- APRIL 25, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Four Afghan drug traffickers were hanged in Birjand,...
Four Afghan drug traffickers were hanged in Birjand, in Iran's northeastern Khorassan province
- APRIL 22, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Namatollah (phonetic) was executed at Kandahar stadium...
Namatollah (phonetic) was executed at Kandahar stadium after being found guilty of murder
- FEBRUARY 25, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Three unidentified Afghan bandits were publicly hanged...
Three unidentified Afghan bandits were publicly hanged in the Iranian province of Khorasan near the border with Afghanistan
- FEBRUARY 23, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Afghanistan's ultra-orthodox Taliban regime publicly...
Afghanistan's ultra-orthodox Taliban regime publicly executed two women and flogged a dozen others convicted of adultery in the southern city of Kandahar, the official Radio Shariat said Saturday
- FEBRUARY 20, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
An Afghan national, Shalif Alizehi, was executed in...
An Afghan national, Shalif Alizehi, was executed in Iran after being found guilty of robbery, rape and drug-trafficking