Taliban official speaks of strict punishment and says executions will return

Taliban leader Mullah Nooruddin Turabi in Kabul, Afghanistan (Felipe Dana/AP)

One of the founders of the Taliban has said the hard-line movement will once again carry out executions and amputations of hands, though perhaps not in public.

Mullah Nooruddin Turabi 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.