The Taliban hanged four dead bodies in a public square in western Afghanistan, according to local witnesses, in a sign that the group is returning to some of its harsh punishments of the past. Several residents of Herat, identified as Mohammad Nazir and Wazir Ahmad, said saw the Taliban displaying the bodies in the city’s public square. Ahmad told The Associated Press that three of the bodies were then moved to other parts of the city, where they were then displayed for passersby. “When I stepped forward, I saw they had brought a body in a pickup truck, then they hung it up on a crane,” Nazir told Reuters. An Associated Press video showed crowds gathering around the crane and peering up one of the bodies as some men chanted. “The aim of this action is to alert all criminals that they are not safe,” an alleged Taliban member told …