{"id":2451,"date":"2013-04-20T21:45:08","date_gmt":"2013-04-20T21:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/taliban-punish-two-afghans-with-amputations\/"},"modified":"2013-04-20T21:45:08","modified_gmt":"2013-04-20T21:45:08","slug":"taliban-punish-two-afghans-with-amputations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/taliban-punish-two-afghans-with-amputations\/","title":{"rendered":"Taliban punish two Afghans with amputations"},"content":{"rendered":"
Afghanistan’s Taliban Islamic insurgents have amputated a hand and a foot of two private security guards because they worked for foreign troops, police and one of the victims said Saturday.<\/p>\n
The Taliban confirmed they had cut off the right hand and left foot of each man but said the men were punished because they were highway robbers.<\/p>\n
One of the victims, his right arm and left leg swathed in bloodstained bandages, was interviewed by Tolo TV from his hospital bed in the western city of Herat.<\/p>\n
The man aged 25, whose name was not given, said he and his companion had been kidnapped a few days ago by the militants.<\/p>\n
“They asked us to plant explosives in the company and said they would pay us for that, but we said no,” the man told an interviewer in a shaky voice.<\/p>\n
“Then they took us to their court and their judges ruled that a hand and a foot be cut off. We protested and said we only work to make money.”<\/p>\n
A Herat police spokesman said family members and residents had reported that the men were targeted because they worked for a private security company guarding supply convoys for foreign forces.<\/p>\n
The incident happened in the Rabat-e Sangi district and the men were brought to Herat city for treatment, police spokesman Noor Khan Nikzad told AFP by phone.<\/p>\n
The Taliban, in a statement on their website, said the men had confessed to “the District court of the Islamic Emirate” that they had robbed travellers on roads in the area.<\/p>\n
At midday Thursday, it said, “in the presence of many locals, the penalty ordained by Allah and Sharia (Islamic law) was applied to the highway robbers, a decision welcomed by all Muslims of the area”.<\/p>\n
The Taliban ruled the country from 1996 to 2001 and imposed a harsh form of Islamic justice including floggings, amputations and executions.<\/p>\n
They were toppled by a US-led invasion in 2001 and have since waged an insurgency against Afghan government forces and foreign troops. Civilians who work for the military are often targeted.<\/p>\n
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