Taliban Publicly Flogs Three in Khost and Paktia
The Taliban’s Supreme Court says local courts in Khost and Paktia provinces have publicly flogged three people convicted of what it described as murder and extramarital sexual relations.
The Taliban’s Supreme Court says local courts in Khost and Paktia provinces have publicly flogged three people convicted of what it described as murder and extramarital sexual relations.
The group sentenced them to between 30 and 39 lashes and one to three years in prison.
In a statement on Wednesday, the court said a primary court in Alisher district, Khost, punished two individuals for murder and extramarital sex, giving each 39 lashes and a three-year prison term.
In a separate statement, the Taliban said another person in Zadran district, Paktia, was convicted of murder and sentenced to 30 lashes and one year in prison.
According to the court, the punishments were carried out in the presence of local officials, court staff and visitors, Taliban fighters, and ordinary citizens.
The floggings came a day after the Taliban punished 16 people in Kabul for allegedly selling alcohol and narcotic tablets. Despite opposition from international organisations to corporal punishment, the Taliban continue to administer public lashings, calling them an “order of Islamic Sharia.”
