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
- OCTOBER 19, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Najibollah was publicly executed for murder after being...
Najibollah was publicly executed for murder after being convicted by a judicial panel of the military court
- OCTOBER 2, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Three men accused of murder and robbery were executed...
Three men accused of murder and robbery were executed in Kandahar, capital of the southern Kandahar Province
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Afghanistan's ruling Taleban movement publicly executed...
Afghanistan's ruling Taleban movement publicly executed Ahmad Zaki and Gul Ahmad
- AUGUST 28, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Badshah was publicly executed for murder after being...
Badshah was publicly executed for murder after being caught by security services
- AUGUST 28, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Abdur Rahman was executed for murder by his victim's...
Abdur Rahman was executed for murder by his victim's brother in the sports stadium of southern Kandahar
- AUGUST 26, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
A man using the name of Taleban was executed in public...
A man using the name of Taleban was executed in public by hanging after a military court had found him guilty of murdering three women and kidnapping another
- AUGUST 22, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Pacha Khan was publicly executed for murder by the...
Pacha Khan was publicly executed for murder by the heir of the deceased before thousands of people in the Zormat district
- AUGUST 17, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
A resident of Sangcharak of Sar-e Pol District was...
A resident of Sangcharak of Sar-e Pol District was publicly executed in front of a thousand Muslims in the town of Mazar-e Sharif in northern Afghanistan
- JULY 27, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad Ashraf was publicly executed in the football...
Mohammad Ashraf was publicly executed in the football ground of the provincial capital Jalalabad
- JULY 21, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Mohammed Daoud was publicly executed for the murder...
Mohammed Daoud was publicly executed for the murder of two people
- JULY 11, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Shew Padshah was executed in accordance with the verdict...
Shew Padshah was executed in accordance with the verdict passed by the Shari'ah courts for shooting and killing a resident of Qarabagh
- JULY 5, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Mohammed Ersha was executed for murder by his victim's...
Mohammed Ersha was executed for murder by his victim's son before thousands of people in the provinces main sports field in Kandahar