The Taliban’s Supreme Court has announced that seven individuals in Kabul, Takhar, and Nangarhar have been publicly flogged for alleged offences, including “extramarital relations, selling alcohol, and same-sex relations.”
Each of the convicted individuals has also been sentenced to imprisonment ranging from six months to two years.
In separate statements on Sunday, the Taliban’s judiciary reported that three people in Takhar were punished for extramarital relations, three in Nangarhar for same-sex relations, and one in Kabul for producing and selling alcoholic beverages.
According to the court, the three individuals in Takhar’s Chah Ab district received prison terms of six months to one year. In Nangarhar’s Spin Ghar district, the Taliban’s primary court sentenced three individuals to one to two years in prison. Meanwhile, the individual convicted of producing and selling alcohol in Kabul was given a two-year sentence.
Over the past week, the Taliban has publicly flogged more than 40 people across Afghanistan for various offences, claiming these punishments enforce “Islamic Sharia.” However, international human rights organisations have condemned the Taliban’s judicial process as lacking fairness and due process.
The Daily Mail recently reported that many individuals punished by the Taliban over the past three and a half years may not have committed any crimes at all. The British newspaper highlighted that the Taliban has carried out severe punishments, including public floggings, stonings, executions by firing squad, and crushing individuals under walls.
