Taliban Flog Four, Including Woman, In Kabul
The Taliban’s Supreme Court said four people, including a woman, were flogged in Kabul’s Chahar Asyab district on charges of adultery and theft.
A local Taliban court sentenced each defendant to 39 lashes and prison terms ranging from one to three years, according to a statement issued this week.
The court did not specify whether the floggings were carried out publicly. The Taliban frequently conduct such punishments before crowds, describing them as the enforcement of Islamic Sharia law.
Despite condemnation from international human rights groups, the Taliban continue to impose corporal punishment across Afghanistan.
