Taliban Carries Out Public Flogging In Sar-e Pol Over Trespassing Case

The Taliban’s Supreme Court has announced that a man was publicly flogged in Sar-e Pol province after being convicted of trespassing and causing injury.

According to a statement issued by the court, the individual was sentenced to 20 lashes, five months’ imprisonment, and ordered to pay 5,000 Afghanis in compensation for the victim’s medical treatment. The flogging was carried out in the presence of court officials, government employees, and local residents.

Separately, the Taliban’s primary counter-narcotics court in Kabul sentenced 25 individuals to public floggings on Saturday for charges related to drug trafficking and sales.

In the past week alone, the Taliban has publicly flogged at least 53 people across Afghanistan, including five women. The group describes such punishments as the enforcement of “Islamic Sharia orders,” despite international condemnation of corporal punishment and human rights violations.

Human rights organisations continue to raise concerns about the lack of fair trial standards, legal representation, and transparency in the Taliban’s judicial system.