The Taliban’s notorious former head of religious police has said extreme punishments such as executions and amputations will resume in Afghanistan.
Mullah Turabi, now in charge of prisons, told AP News that amputations were “necessary for security”.
He said these punishments may not be meted out in public, as they were under previous Taliban rule in the 1990s.
But he dismissed outrage over their past public executions saying no one will tell them what their laws should be.
Turabi told AP that although harsh forms of punishment would continue, the group will now allow televisions, mobile phones, photos, and videos.
He said the Taliban’s cabinet ministers were now discussing whether or not punishments should be public, and that they would “develop a policy”.
Since taking power in Afghanistan on August 15, the Taliban have promised a milder form of rule than in their previous tenure.
However, there’ve already been several reports of human rights abuses carried out across the country.
