Taliban Flogs Man in Public in Eastern Afghanistan
Taliban has publicly flogged a man in Mata Khan district of Paktika province. In a statement on Thursday, the Taliban’s Supreme Court said that the man had been arrested and punished on charges of "adultery".
According to the Taliban’s Supreme Court, the man had been punished in the presence of the public and the group’s officials.
The Taliban’s statement stressed that this man had been sentenced to two months and twenty days of imprisonment and 25 lashes.
The Taliban has not revealed the identity of the man.
Meanwhile, earlier the Taliban had executed a man in Mehtarlam city of Laghman province on the charge of murder.
The Taliban officials have confirmed that the group has ordered the execution of 175 people and the stoning of 37 people throughout Afghanistan since taking power in the country.
The courts of this group have ordered four people to be buried alive and Sharia laws have been implemented on 103 other people.
Human rights groups have repeatedly called on the Taliban to stop the public punishment of Afghan citizens and have stressed that those accused by the Taliban don’t have access to due procedures and justice.
