8am: Last Thursday, the Taliban’s Supreme Court announced that they had executed two individuals publicly on charges of murder at the Ghazni football stadium. The public execution of these two individuals, witnessed by thousands, has provoked widespread domestic and international reactions. However, findings from the Hasht-e Subh Daily indicate that the public execution of one of these two individuals in Ghazni was carried out for revenge. Sources suggest that this person was executed by the Taliban court for killing a Taliban militant seven years ago, who attempted to sexually assault the wife of his brother. Sources state that Sayed Jamal, thereafter, killed a Taliban militant who had gone to his brother’s house at night and attempted to sexually assault his brother’s wife. A resident of Sayedabad district, Maidan Wardak province, confirmed to the Hasht-e Subh Daily that the incident of the militant’s killing by Sayed Jamal dates back to seven years ago. According to this local source, when a Taliban militant attempted to assault Sayed Jamal’s brother’s wife, Sayed Jamal attacked him with a knife and killed him. Click here to read more (external link).