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Summary amputations: Taliban justice in Afghanistan


On the second night of their stay, Taliban fighters arrived at 03:00 in the morning and abducted them.

The men were taken more than 100 miles away to Torghundi, a town on the border with Turkmenistan.

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"There was no mullah, no judge, nobody. There were only Taliban. They were all laughing and making fun while they did this”

Fayz Mohammad

"They kept us for 27 days," Fayz told the BBC. "On the 28th day, at 10 in the morning, they cut off our hand and foot."

Resting on a simple bed in Herat's regional hospital, his right arm and left leg heavily bandaged, Fayz recounted his harrowing experience.

"They injected us with a fake anaesthetic from an ampoule," he says. "It didn't have any effect at all."

Fayz says he doesn't know what instrument the men used.

"I just saw a guy with white gloves. I don't know if he was a medic or not. I don't think he was because it took a very long time to cut off my hand. I suffered a lot, it was extremely painful."

Fayz says that he and his colleague were blindfolded during the procedure and that several men held their limbs and sat on their chests to keep them still.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22311036