This crowd has gathered in a stadium in Afghanistan’s Logar province, not for a game but to watch public execution by the Taliban. Stadiums previously home to sports events are now used for hanging, shooting, stoning, amputation, and flogging by the Taliban.
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This reminded me of a
God damn that's terrible.
Damn. That poor woman survived by the skin of her teeth multiple times, only to have her family murdered in front of her at the end. Heartbreaking. How can one go on after that
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Bane posting irl.
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Sounds like they're setting the groundwork to host the next world cup
North Korea has dibs on that one.
Watchpeopledieoutside
the FIFA gods demand sacrifices
Should Afghanistan host the next world cup, it won't be broadcast to the world on TV.
Infantino feels like a Taliban today. He also feels like the executed.
Panem Et circenses
The Saudis carry out public executions too. They often do it on street corners via beheading. In 2022 81 people were executed in a mass execution some of them charged with holding "deviant beliefs".
Chop chop square has a groove in the stone paving for the blood to drain.
That's hella gnarly but a segment of Americans would love that. I was once outside a prison when people gathered there for an execution and some people were singing Amazing Grace and others were drunk and chanting FRY HIS ASS etc. It was a circus and it was disgusting.
What does “deviant beliefs” mean? Does it mean believing in other religions or something?
Like hanging toilet paper rolls backwards?
Yeah, but we don't talk about that because Saudi Arabia has lots of oil
They pay cash for wmd's so the west says shhh.
Deviant beliefs? So non muslim. Religion of peace everyone.
and apparently they’re making a bid for the 2030 world cup…
Bet you have to get tickets through Ticketmaster.
People are dying for these tickets.
Taliban might just be evil enough to support that company.
Each ticket costs a first born
The Ticketmaster scalpers make it almost impossible to afford a ticket. $1,500 for a General Admission ticket to a flogging? Ridiculous.
This isn’t interesting it’s a fuckin nightmare.
I take your point, but "interesting" does not mean "nice". Bad things can be interesting, and good things can be boring. I don't like my nightmares, but I can't deny that they're interesting.
These stadiums were previously used for executions and sports before the US invasion but this headline makes it seem like the executions are a new thing.
Completely barbaric. I can't believe people would willingly go to that and feel okay about themselves.
Well they're not beheading anyone. Yet.
All the people in the comments acting like life is such a minimal thing frustrates the hell out of me.
Reminds me of the way whites used to gather to watch lynchings in the US.
The World: "Qatar is oppressive asf." Afghanistan: "Hold my hashish."
How can you be so angry after smoking hash?
Truly the scum of the earth.
They used to do this in Iran too when I lived there, but eventually stopped it due to public backlash. I remember walking home from school one day and the streets were closed off so that people were forced to stand and wait for the authorities to reopen it, as a result a large crowd was formed who had no idea what was happening. Suddenly they brought a guy and executed him in front of everyone, afterwards they opened the streets again. I cried for days. Even thought I turned my face away I could hear him begging and asking for his mom.
...the Taliban, and all these people who go to watch.
What year is it? This is such a weird timeline. We have the internet to watch this horrible stone aged activity take place.
To say Afghanistan is living in the deep past would be an understatement. It's a different world, man.
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Fuck the Taliban! Fucking scum of the earth!
Muslim here! I agree fuck them they are assholes and it makes me sad that they represent Islam because what they do isn't Islam.
Fuck America for
The only interesting thing about this is the stands are completely full… disgusting
Attendance might be mandatory. It is a very harsh regime. The government probably would object if no one came to their public hangings.
Modern Colloseum.
Same as it ever was.
Yep what’s old is new again. Sadly this is what was always occurring before 9/11
At least 12 people have been flogged by the Taliban in Afghanistan this week in a football stadium for committing “moral crimes”, it was reported. The civilians included three women who were flogged in front of hundreds of onlookers inside the stadium in Afghanistan’s Logar.
Afghanistan: where the Moral Majority got control of the government.
FIFA is like, hells yeah stadiums let's go
Fuck the Taliban.
Bold take
I also dislike them
Have you ever read the "kite runner"? This is it.
I am still trying to figure out what we accomplished in Afghanistan?
Serious answer: Standard of living for ordinary Afghani people skyrocketed thanks to the work that went into infrastructure, education, governance. Infant deaths plummeted, the number of children, especially girls, attending school went up massively (until it began to stagnate and then drop again in the last years before the Taliban took over, primarily because they increased attacks on schoolchildren), literacy increased, malnutrition dropped, etc. Cities enjoyed an enormous economic boom, although this also meant that large slums developed as impoverished people from the countryside flocked into population centers.
Kept Taliban occupied for two decades.
there were plenty of people genuinely interested in a mission of nation-building... just had to learn the hard way you can't build someone else's nation for them without their eager participation.
Talked to an Afghanistan vet just a couple hours ago, it's really a shit show. He didn't see a purpose in what they did there either anymore - which is honestly heartbreaking, considering he spent quite some time over there, risking his life for others.
Gave Afghanistan 20 years to decide whether they wanted to not live like this.
Defense contractors made boat loads of money while also restricting some of our “freedoms” and gave the evangelicals a glimpse of how their ideal world would go. That seems to sum it up.
Prevented stuff like this from happening?
Stopped public beheadings for 20 years
Primarily completed the usual purpose of laundering public money into corporate accounts.
A fucking medieval country controlled by a fucking medieval religion.
Such a civilised place to be 😶😶😶
Back to normal.
stone aged animals
The tailgating there must be a tad different than at a NFL game
Disgusting… all of them.
$2.3 trillion of U.S. taxpayer money.
How is this news? This is exactly what they were doing before we got there. They waited us out, and now are right back to where they were in 2001.
You consider this to be “interesting as fuck” and not completely devastating or infuriating?? What a weird thing to post for imaginary internet points. I’m an Afghan-American, those are my people they’re executing.
SHITHOLE
The ONLY thing I agree with what Trump said. There are definitely shithole countries out there. Mostly the ones that embrace theocracies and autocracies.
You cannot have a democracy when all of the citizens are illiterate.
They had their shot at a better life. They didn't take advantage of it. They should have fought harder for their country.
SPORTS!
Football (soccer) is huge in afghanistan. Taliban are huge football fans. They do the religious punishments after after midday prayers and before football games to maximise attendance and morale.
Such civilized people.
But don't criticize this inuman behavior, that would be wrong.
Tread lightly, they’re scared of rainbows
Ahhh, just like the good ol' days!!
It’s the perfect family day out! Do they sell big foam hands you can chop off?
The word for this is savagery
and people show up to watch it. Fuck em all
Why is this interesting AF?
Qatari people be like 'it' s their culture, just don't go if you don't like it'.
Is it Islamaphobic to say that’s fucked up? Because I’m definitely islamaphobic then
And that same caliber of sadistic, extremist, lunatic loves right here in the states... They're just Christian instead of Muslim... and this is what they want.
...and I get upset when I have to wait in the self-checkout line at the grocery store.
20 years of war only for the taliban to take over the moment we leave
How much does a bud light cost at the stadium
Maybe this is my western morality talking, but this is ancient punishment shit right here
We are all the same species. The veil of civilization is thin.
This is your country on religious fundamentalism
Genuine question . If executions in the US were carried out in public - would it draw a crowd ?
Uhhh absolutely. Ever heard of lynchings?
The religion of ☮️ keeps on keeping on.
Religion is a hell of a drug 🤦🏾♂️🙄
Fucking disgusting all in the name of religion. Absolutely disguising. The minute they came out of hiding we should have ambushed them and took em out.
A real life Gilead..... The Taliban are fucking barbaric animals.
The people who go to these things are just as fucked up as the people performing them honestly. Whatever inspires someone to go watch that is beyond sanity
We used to go watch public executions in the west too once upon a time. And then we moved on. Something these backwards-ass religious extremist countries seem utterly incapable of doing. At least the women in Iran have had enough, and I sincerely hope they're successful.
Pic provided by fifas next world cup location.
Disgusting animals.
Religion of peace baby!
“A peaceful religion”
Nice we are evolving backwards
The show must go on. Unga bunga.
Casual Islam
The religion of "peace" hard at work.....
The “religion of peace” strikes again
Thanks a lot Pakistan
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What was the final score?
Taliban was leading with 3 decapitated heads till half time and scored 2 more heads after half..civilians unfortunately went out headless.
Plebs.
Goat fuckers
They wanted it, they got it. The US spent billions training their military, and what happens? Five assholes in a jeep overthrow the nation. If they're not willing to fight for their cointry, AT ALL, they don't deserve it.
This is the truth. It is also why we never should have gone into Afghanistan or Iraq. Just Zero Dark Thirty OBL and be done. When those people are ready for freedom, they will fight for it. Until then, everyone is just wasting time, money, and lives.
It was a Toyota Hilux. White. The Afghan National Army stood zero chance.
This is the future in America should Christian nationalists continue to assert their influence on American politics.
Gilead?
Yes, we know.
Apes doing Apethings
There must be a silently understood threshold for where political correctness gets left at the door to deal with this kind of inhuman bullshit.
Imagine going to get flogged by barbarians in a stadium for violating their primitive, backwards rules and thinking "I'm one of the lucky ones."
Look how they massacred my boy.
Good old roman days are back
They should be used for hanging, shooting, stoning, amputating and flogging THE TALIBAN
Just the religion of peace at it again.
What a rich and wonderful culture and religion.
Such a beautiful country filled with ugly men
Ahhhhhh progress
They say time travel is impossible but you are literally witnessing life in the 700s.
Just drop a healthy sized nuke, that'll take care of these gimps that are clearly stuck in the stone ages
Going for gold in the "shittiest country in the world" olympics
The Middle Ages still exist in some places.
Pieces of shit
Bomb the stadium?
Animals
Gotta love rewinding the clock a couple hundred years…
Disgusting
No Jumbotron?
Wondering if this is an effective deterrent to crime?
This is the government that wants respect and aid from the rest of the world.
So basically nothing has changed.
What barbaric animals. The pure scum of the earth. It’s like the Stone Age brought to the modern world, and the scum of the Stone Age.
Islam ☕
What. THE. Fuck.
Lovely people I’m sure
They went right back to their old ways.
History so repeats itself. Hello Dark Ages.
Religion is fun!
WTF amputation? For what crime?
Usually for stealing
How progressive!
Are you not entertained!
I've seen this one before. About 20 years ago.
Like the opening scene from Life of Brian
Otters spleen! Larks tongue!
It’s horrific when innocent people are executed for spectacle.
I think it's well deserved. they had active support of most powerful military in the world to defeat Taliban but that initiative didn't gain much support among the majority. welp, enjoy
Medieval and barbaric.
This is positively medieval!
In 'goal' voice: DEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATH!
Stone Age Animals
Barbaric.
In my feed precisely under this one, there’s a post from
Religions really are the dumbest thing we've invented as humans.
All those people coming to watch kind of explains why we left. Pretty soon they'll back polo played with severed heads.
Whoever is running this simulation is sick in the head. Im tired of this world we live in.
Don’t know why reddit is obsessed with putting stuff like this on my feed. There are intellectual arguments in favor of harsh penalties. Even mainstream media outlets (that normally are critical of the current regime) have recently mentioned that the new government has successfully lowered crime by a huge margin. Meanwhile here in USA, murderers like the white supremacist buffalo shooter is still alive and eating in prison from the citizens tax dollars. Let’s fix our problems in our own countries before obsessing over a country on the other side of the world.
And the people apparently love it
This is the most fucked up thing I have ever heard that a governing body has committed.
Public amputation. That’s a new level of fucked up.
At what point do we just drop a nuke on them all and call it a day?
Disgusting. Could hardly finish reading title.
Love Middle Age. Seriously, they have oil. Why there’s not a big country in the world (won’t say a name) to liberate them and bring them peace ?
Don't feel sorry for them. This is what they want.
They kind of have to. The alternative is death.
Looks like a perfect place to drop a nuke
The horrible part is both get the same cheers.
This is the beauty of Islam. This is the lifestyle muslims want to have.\s
I served in Logar. This makes me unbelievably sad
Back to being a shit country. What a fucking waste of everything...
Sadly this isn't new. They did this all the time before being distracted by ISAF.
This is like that one George Carlin joke/skit
Stone age people.
In a thousand years this will be in the background of numerous dating profiles just like the coliseum is today
All cultures deserve respect....yeah i don't think so!!!!!
For those that’s been around a while, the word “again” is missing from the text. This is nothing new for the Taliban.