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The deputy governor of Herat province, Mawlawi Shir Ahmad Muhajir, said the bodies of the men were displayed in various public places on the same day as his murder to teach a “lesson” that kidnapping would not be tolerated.
Images posted to social media showed a bloodied body in the back of a pick-up truck while a crane lifted one person.
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The crowd watched as armed Taliban fighters gathered around the vehicle.
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Another video shows a man hanging by a crane at a large roundabout in Herat with a sign on his chest reading, “Kidnappers will be punished like this.”
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Performances in several of the city’s squares are the most notorious public punishment since the Taliban came to power last month.
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