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
- OCTOBER 20, 2012AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
It is said that more than 200 prisoners out of 2,000
It is said that more than 200 prisoners out of 2,000
SEPTEMBER 27, 2012IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: AFGHAN NATIONAL HANGED IN EVIN PRISON
According to reports, an Afghan national was hanged in Evin Prison, Teheran, this
SEPTEMBER 24, 2012IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE AFGHAN CITIZENS HANGED
Three Afghan prisoners were hanged in the prison of Tabas, eastern Iran.
SEPTEMBER 4, 2012AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BEHEADING YOUNG GIRL
A primary court in eastern Kunar province of Afghanistan sentenced an Afghan man death for beheading a young 17 years old girl in this province.
- AUGUST 27, 2012AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
according to local authorities in western Ghor province of Afghanistan
according to local authorities in western Ghor province of Afghanistan
AUGUST 26, 2012AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN: SEVENTEEN VILLAGERS BEHEADED
Taliban insurgents beheaded 17 Afghans in a rebel-controlled area of southern Afghanistan
- AUGUST 21, 2012AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
in Afghanistan, fifteen Afghan field commanders...
in Afghanistan, fifteen Afghan field commanders...
- JULY 17, 2012AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHAN SOLDIER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR FRENCH KILLINGS
An Afghan soldier has been sentenced to death for killing five French s
JULY 16, 2012AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN: 11 WOMEN EXECUTED BY TALIBAN IN PARWAN THIS YEAR
In Afghanistan, as many as 11 women have been executed by the Taliban in the Shinwari district
- JULY 7, 2012AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN: TALIBAN PUBLICLY EXECUTE WOMAN NEAR KABUL
A man Afghan officials say is a member of the Taliban shot dead a woman accused of adultery in front of a crowd near Kabul, a video obtained by Reuters showed, a sign that the austere Islamist group dictates law even near the Afghan capital.
- JUNE 3, 2012IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: 3 AFGHAN PRISONERS HANGED OVER DRUGS SMUGGLE CHARGES
According to local authorities in western afghan Nimroz province the dead bodies of three Afghans
- APRIL 30, 2012United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD FOR PROSTITUTE MURDERERS
In Dubai, two men handed the death penalty for the murder of a prostitute failed in their bid
- APRIL 26, 2012IranDEATH PENALTY
Afghanistan and Iran have agreed to a prisoner exchange...
Afghanistan and Iran have agreed to a prisoner exchange...
- APRIL 25, 2012IranDEATH PENALTY
According to the official website of the Iranian judiciary in Semnan Province five prisoners,
According to the official website of the Iranian judiciary in Semnan Province five prisoners,
- APRIL 25, 2012IranDEATH PENALTY
Eight prisoners, among them one Afghan citizen, were hanged in Karaj (west of Tehran
Eight prisoners, among them one Afghan citizen, were hanged in Karaj (west of Tehran
- MARCH 31, 2012AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN: WOMAN EXTRA-JUDICIALLY EXECUTED OVER ILLICIT RELATIONS
an Afghan woman was extra-judicially executed, after being sentenced to death for
- MARCH 10, 2012IranDEATH PENALTY
eight prisoners were hanged in Zahedan prison, Human Rights and Democracy Activists
eight prisoners were hanged in Zahedan prison, Human Rights and Democracy Activists
- FEBRUARY 21, 2012AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN: MURDER CRIMINAL IN BAGHLAN PROVINCE SENTENCED TO DEATH
In Afghanistan, the Primary Urban Court of northern Baghlan province sentenced
- JANUARY 30, 2012United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: TWO AFGHAN MEN TO BE EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Two men will be executed in UAE for premeditatedly stabbing a sex worker
- JANUARY 1, 2012AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The 2004 Afghan Constitution, in article 23 asserts the right to life...
The 2004 Afghan Constitution, in article 23 asserts the right to life...
- DECEMBER 11, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: PAIR LOSE THEIR APPEAL AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE
AA, 40 and IH, 30, both from Afghanistan, had their death sentences reinstated by a panel of judges, led by Chief Justice Issa Al Sharif, of the Court of Appeal in the United Arab Emirates.
- NOVEMBER 10, 2011AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN: MOTHER, DAUGHTER STONED TO DEATH
An Afghani mother and her young daughter were stoned and shot to death
- OCTOBER 29, 2011AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHAN POLICE OFFICERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING CIVILIANS
two Afghan border police officers were sentenced to death in Kandahar for killing six civilians accused of planting roadside bombs in southern Afghanistan, the provincial government said.
JUNE 20, 2011AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN: TWO CHARGED IN DEADLY BANK ATTACK EXECUTED
Two men charged with murder for a February bank attack that killed 38 people were hanged
- JUNE 19, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
Two men were hanged in the central Iranian city of Isfahan, reported the Iranian daily newspaper
Two men were hanged in the central Iranian city of Isfahan, reported the Iranian daily newspaper
JUNE 14, 2011AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN: TWO SENTENCED TO HANG FOR MASSACRE IN JALALABAD
Two men who were part of a group of Taliban assailants that killed at least 42 people in an attack on a bank in eastern Afghanistan in February have been sentenced to death, a court official said.
- JUNE 2, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD AGAINST TWO AFGHANS WHO KILLED SEX WORKER
in the United Arab Emirates, Dubai Appeals Court's Presiding Judge Mustafa Al Shennawi upheld the death sentence against Afghan nationals A.N., 40, and I.H., 30, for fatally stabbing an Uzbek prostitute 23 times and stealing her mobile phone.
- MAY 1, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN TO FREE HUNDREDS OF AFGHAN PRISONERS
hundreds of Afghan citizens languishing in Iranian jails would be released in the near future...
- MARCH 22, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: TWO GET DEATH FOR MURDER
in the United Arab Emirates, the Dubai Criminal Court sentenced unemployed Afghan nationals ANM, 40 and IHZ, 30, to death for fatally stabbing Uzbeki prostitute MH 23 times and stealing Dh600, two mobile phones, a DVD player and perfumes.
MARCH 5, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE AFGHAN NATIONALS HANGED FOR RAPE
Iran hanged three Afghan nationals in a prison in Tehran after they were found guilty of raping an Afghan