Taliban Flogs Two Men in Laghman On Charges of Having Sexual Relations

The Taliban’s Supreme Court announced that two men had been flogged for having sexual relations in Mehtarlam, the capital city of Laghman province.

In a statement on Tuesday, the Taliban’s Supreme Court added that each of these individuals had been publicly flogged 30 times.

Based on the statement, they have been sentenced to one year in prison too.

On Monday, the Taliban announced the flogging of the two men at the Eidgah Mosque near the governor's office of the group in Mehtarlam city for Tuesday.

Nearly a month ago, the group had executed a man in Laghman, who had been accused of committing several murders.

The Taliban’s Supreme Court had recently announced that 175 people had been sentenced to Qisas [retribution] as well as stoning of 37 people across Afghanistan.

Rights groups have repeatedly called on the Taliban to stop Afghan citizens’ public punishment and said that the accused do not have access to due legal processes.