The Taliban in Afghanistan have put on public display the bodies of four men who were killed after they allegedly carried out a kidnapping in the western city of Herat.
A journalist in the city told CNN that a group of four men kidnapped a merchant with his son in Herat province a few days ago.The Taliban freed the merchant and his son and killed the kidnappers. The bodies of the kidnappers were then hanged in four different locations of Herat city on Saturday, the journalist and one other source said.
The Taliban requested representation at the General Assembly, as they instructed the UN on Monday to replace Ghulam Isaczai -- an appointee of Afghanistan's former democratic government -- with their own representative. A diplomatic battle has since ensued over who represents the country at the UN. Meanwhile, the Taliban have also recently denied claims that Afghan girls and women will be banned from secondary education -- but the militant group have not yet said when they will be allowed to return to school, despite calling on boys to resume education.
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