Taliban authorities have publicly flogged 11 people, including a woman, in separate incidents across Kabul, Samangan and Khost provinces, the group’s Supreme Court announced on Sunday.
Those punished faced charges of extramarital sexual relations, murder and theft. Some were also sentenced to prison terms ranging from one to 10 years, according to statements issued by the Taliban’s Supreme Court.
The floggings were carried out in the Forza district of Kabul, Ruyi Du Ab district of Samangan and the Tanai and Sabari districts of Khost province. The sentences were implemented in public and in the presence of Taliban officials.
In Kabul, two men convicted of engaging in sexual relations were each sentenced to 20 lashes and one year in prison, the court said.
In Samangan, a man and a woman were flogged on charges of “extramarital sexual relations.”
Seven individuals in Khost province were sentenced to between 35 and 39 lashes and prison terms ranging from three months to 10 years on charges including extramarital sex, murder and theft, the court said.
The Taliban did not release the names of those punished or provide details of the judicial process used in these cases.
Over the past week, Taliban courts in Kunar, Takhar, Kabul, Kunduz, Sar-e-Pul, Ghazni, Paktia and Laghman provinces have flogged more than 40 men and women on similar charges.
