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Taliban militants hanged a 15-year-old boy from a tree with 5 US $1-bills stuffed into his mouth, in the Helmand province of Afghanistan. It’s believed that the money was put into his mouth as a warning to villagers to not use US currency.” The Taliban warned villagers that they would face the same punishment if they were caught with dollars,” said police chief Wali Mohammad. US dollars is used as currency in Afghanistan in addition to the Afghani, the native currency.

Mohammad further reported that the Taliban shot and killed a farmer that had gone to an international aid program in search of seeds and farm assistance. The farmer was accused of being a spy by the Taliban.