Taliban hang dead bodies of ‘criminals accused of kidnapping’ from crane in Afghanistan square in bloody execution

THE Taliban have hung the dead bodies of “criminals accused of kidnapping” from a crane in the middle of a square in Afghanistan after a bloody execution. Eyewitnesses say four bodies were dragged to a square in Herat with one being hung on a crane and three moved to other parts of the city for public display, in the latest sign the Taliban were reverting to their old ways. The Taliban have hung the bodies of four men accused of kidnapping from cranes across Herat APMen clamouring around the dead body in a busy square in the city centre[/caption] Wazir Ahmad Seddiqi, who runs a pharmacy alongside the square, said the men were hung after being accused by the Taliban of taking part in a kidnapping and were killed by police, according to AP. Harrowing footage shared online shows one man dangling from a noose that’s attached to a crane and has a sign on his body. A mob of men scurry around the body and begin shouting and taking photos of the bloodied corpse, which hung in the city centre. Ziaulhaq Jalali, a Taliban appointed police chief in Herat, said the Taliban has rescued a father and son who had allegedly been abducted by four kidnappers after a shoot-out. He said one Taliban fighter and a civilian were wounded by the kidnappers but “the four (kidnappers) were killed in crossfire”. The Taliban have not yet released the identities of the men. This comes as Mullah Nooruddin Turabi, one of the Jihadi militant’s founding fathers, said the group would once again carry out executions and amputations of hands. Most read in The Sun AIRPORT CHAOS UK airport closed after plane crashes 'on runway' leaving three in hospital FAIR SHARE Full list of petrol stations with £30 fuel limit for customers TRAGIC LOSS Mum of Manchester bomb victim buries daughter 4 years after she survived blast 'IN SHOCK' Kids 'watched in horror' as medics tried to save boy killed in 'sledge crash' COMING SOON? Stacey Solomon hints she's set to give birth as baby is 'desperate to get out' YOU FUELS Hundreds of garages set £30 fuel limit as panic-buyers take JERRY CANS to fill up Speaking to the Associated Press he said: “Everyone criticised us for the punishments in the stadium, but we have never said anything about their laws and their punishments. “No one will tell us what our laws should be. We will follow Islam and we will make our laws on the Quran.” Since the terrorist group seized power in Afghanistan, the world has been waiting to see if the strict rules of the 1990s will return. It already appears that the Taliban have started imposing their own interpretation of Islam. The rule already starts to resemble the brutal way militants ran `Afghanistan previously, which saw executions, floggings, amputations and women subjugated. The group’s leaders remain steadfast in their deeply conservative ways although they had previously assured the public they have moderated their views. Turabi who is in his early 60s was the justice minister of the so-called Ministry of Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice during the previous Taliban rule. At the time, the Taliban’s forms of punishment such as pubic executions were heavily criticised. The punishment that would take place in Kabul’s sports stadium or at the Eid Gah mosque, would see convicted murderers being shot dead by a member of their victim’s family or thieves and robbers being amputated. APA mob men circled the city square as the body was lifted out of a truck and left handing from a crane[/caption] We pay for your stories! Do you have a story for The Sun news desk? Email us at exclusive@the-sun.co.uk or call 02077824104. You can WhatsApp us on 07423 720 250. We pay for videos too. Click here to upload yours Click here to get The Sun newspaper delivered for FREE for the next six weeks.