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 17, 1999AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
On September 17, Wali Dad Sayyed Ajan of Afghanistan...
On September 17, Wali Dad Sayyed Ajan of Afghanistan was beheaded in Saudi Arabia for smuggling heroin into the kingdom
- SEPTEMBER 1, 1999AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
In September, 5 men were executed under a wall, another...
In September, 5 men were executed under a wall, another was hanged on a crane and his body was exposed
- JULY 16, 1999AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
On July 16, Habib Qal Mohammad, an Afghan, convicted...
On July 16, Habib Qal Mohammad, an Afghan, convicted of smuggling cocaine and heroine, was executed in Saudi Arabia
- JUNE 18, 1999AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
On June 18, Abdul-Rahman wild Habibullah, an Afghan...
On June 18, Abdul-Rahman wild Habibullah, an Afghan national convicted of smuggling heroin, was put to death near the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia
- APRIL 30, 1999AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
On April 30, at the Kabul sports stadium, a crowd of...
On April 30, at the Kabul sports stadium, a crowd of thousands, men and women, gathered to watch Mohammed Ullah convicted of murder being shot dead by a relative of the victim, in an Islamic eye-for-an-eye public execution
- JANUARY 15, 1999AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
On January 15, thousands of people watched in Kabul...
On January 15, thousands of people watched in Kabul as a Taliban tank knocked over a 15-foot brick wall, sending it crashing down onto a 60-year-old man, Shuma Khan, convicted of sodomy for the attack on a 12-year-old boy in a hotel in Maidan Shahr, some
- JANUARY 1, 1999AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Afghan law does not prohibit the execution of an individual...
Afghan law does not prohibit the execution of an individual who was under the age of 18 at the time the crime was committed
- JANUARY 1, 1999AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or...
The Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions (E/CN