LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): The Taliban on Tuesday publicly hanged a man accused of raping a child in the Nad Ali district of southern Helmand province, an insurgent leader said on Tuesday.
A Taliban commander, who declined to be named, said a Taliban court had sentenced the alleged rapist in public three days ago in Loy Manda area after a trial also witnessed by local residents.
Nad Ali district chief Mohammad Idrees Alizai confirmed the execution that took place on Tuesday noon and said hundreds of local residents witnessed . . .
