US condemns Taliban plan to reinstate executions, amputations

ReutersPublished: Sep 25, 2021 2:19 AM

US State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on Friday that Washington condemns in the strongest terms reported comments by a Taliban official who said the group would restore the use of amputations and executions as punishment in Afghanistan.

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