The Taliban publicly executed six people in stadiums last year.

Omissions

• The MEP conflates the total number of Taliban executions in 2025 (six, per Amnesty International) with the specific claim that all six were public executions in stadiums. Available evidence only confirms one such public stadium execution in December 2025.
• The 8am.media outlet reported that as of late 2025, the Taliban had carried out 12 public executions in total over nearly four years since taking power, suggesting an average of approximately three public executions per year — significantly fewer than six.
• The Amnesty International report was published in 2026 and cited via a secondary source (afintl.com, published 2026-05-18). The full primary Amnesty report could not be directly consulted to confirm the breakdown between public stadium executions and other executions.

Sources

• SecondaryAfghanistan International (afintl.com)Amnesty International said global executions in 2025 reached their highest level in 44 years, with the Taliban carrying out six executions in 2025.
• SecondaryEuronewsAfghanistan's Taliban rulers carried out a public execution in a sports stadium in the eastern city of Khost on December 2, 2025. A man convicted of killing 13 members of a family was executed by a relative of the victims.
• SecondaryAP NewsAfghanistan's Taliban authorities carried out a public execution in the eastern city of Khost at a sports stadium. The Supreme Court said the man executed had been convicted of murder.
• Secondary8am.mediaThe Taliban have continued to stage extrajudicial tribunals, and in less than four years, they have publicly executed their twelfth person.