Taliban Hang 4 Bodies From Cranes In Herat, Call It "Lesson" On Kidnappings

Herat province's deputy governor Mawlawi Shir Ahmad Muhajir said the bodies were displayed to teach a "lesson" that kidnapping will not be tolerated.

The Taliban hung the bodies of four kidnappers from cranes after killing them during a shootout in Afghanistan's western city of Herat on Saturday, a senior official said.

Herat province's deputy governor Mawlawi Shir Ahmad Muhajir said the men's corpses were displayed in various public areas on the same day as the killings to teach a "lesson" that kidnapping will not be tolerated.

Graphic images posted to social media showed bloody bodies on the back of a pick-up truck while a crane hoisted one man up.

A crowd of people looked on as armed Taliban fighters gathered around the vehicle.