Afghanistan
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
Data card
- Legal status
- Retentionist
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 0
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 7
- First news item in the archive
- JANUARY 1, 1999 · Afghan law does not prohibit the execution of an individual...
- News items in the archive
- 560
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Afghanistan is classified as Retentionist in the Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026. In 2026 the association recorded 0 executions in the country, against 7 the year before. The archive holds 560 news items on Afghanistan, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- FEBRUARY 6, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The Ariana Airlines plane was hijacked en route from...
The Ariana Airlines plane was hijacked en route from the Afghan capital of Kabul to northern Mazar-e-Sharif
- JANUARY 19, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The Afghanistan's ruling Taliban militia have publicly...
The Afghanistan's ruling Taliban militia have publicly executed a murderer in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif before thousands of spectators in a sports stadium
- JANUARY 1, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
In 1999, at least 14 people, including a woman, were...
In 1999, at least 14 people, including a woman, were publicly executed
- JANUARY 1, 2000AfghanistanDEATH 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, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
A Saudi millionaire, Islamic fundamentalist and alleged...
A Saudi millionaire, Islamic fundamentalist and alleged financier of international terrorism, Osama Bin Laden, has been living in Afghanistan for several years as a "guest" of the Taleban Islamic movement
- DECEMBER 23, 1999AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
On December 23, the radio "Voice of America" reported...
On December 23, the radio "Voice of America" reported that the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan had executed two Arab nationals who had been on a mission to kill Usamah Bin Ladin, or spy on him
- DECEMBER 1, 1999AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
In December, at a Kabul soccer stadium, a woman identified...
In December, at a Kabul soccer stadium, a woman identified solely as Zarmeena, her face covered by a blue "burka," was shot before about 4,000 people
- DECEMBER 1, 1999AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
On December 1, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan accused...
On December 1, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan accused the Taliban of taking severe and cruel steps against civilians, including the execution of women and children, torching of houses, plunder and looting, and forced labor as well as expulsion of people
- NOVEMBER 25, 1999AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
On November 25, Khan Morad Shah Morad, was executed...
On November 25, Khan Morad Shah Morad, was executed before thousands of people in Maymana, the center of Fariab Province
- NOVEMBER 23, 1999AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
On November 23, Abdol Latif Mohammad Mosa, convicted...
On November 23, Abdol Latif Mohammad Mosa, convicted of murder by the three courts, and with the approval of Amir ol-Momenin, was executed before thousands of people at the Herat stadium
- NOVEMBER 11, 1999AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
On November 11, Ala Rahman was publicly executed in...
On November 11, Ala Rahman was publicly executed in Laghman Province for murder by the heir of his victim
- OCTOBER 26, 1999AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
On October 26, Saifuddin Haji Solayman was executed...
On October 26, Saifuddin Haji Solayman was executed in public at the Herat sports stadium, after the sentence was passed by all three court instances - the Court of First Instance, the Court of Litigation of Herat Province and the Court of Appeal of the S
- 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