The kinder, gentler Taliban

The Taliban has hanged the dead bodies of alleged kidnappers in four squares across the Afghan city of Herat after killing them during a shootout, eyewitnesses have claimed. 

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Mullah Nooruddin Turabi, one of the founders of the Taliban and the chief enforcer of its harsh interpretation of Islamic law when they last ruled Afghanistan, said the regime will bring back executions and amputations for thieves - though they may not be held in public.

He dismissed outrage over the Taliban's executions in the past, which sometimes took place in front of crowds at a stadium, and warned the world against interfering.

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