Capital punishment in Afghanistan

Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Afghanistan and is conducted either in private or in public. The main methods of execution used in Afghanistan are hanging and shooting. Stoning, amputation, and flogging are also sometimes used as a method for punishment and were especially prominent during the late 1990s. Public executions have existed throughout Afghanistan's history. The former Afghan government took important steps away from the use of the death penalty, but they have continued with the Taliban returning to power in August 2021. Some executions have been recently condemned by the United Nations. UN experts have called on Afghan authorities "to halt immediately all forms of torturous, cruel, and degrading forms of punishments." The capital offenses in Afghanistan include a range of crimes from murder to adultery, and are governed by Islamic Sharia law, along with civil laws.

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