Taliban Flog Man & Woman In Baghlan For Extramarital Relations
The Taliban have flogged a man and a woman in northern Afghanistan after convicting them of having extramarital relations, the group’s Supreme Court said.
The Taliban have flogged a man and a woman in northern Afghanistan after convicting them of having extramarital relations, the group’s Supreme Court said.
In a statement on Saturday the court said the pair were sentenced to three months in prison and 35 lashes each. The punishment was carried out in Pul-e-Khumri district of Baghlan province in the presence of the district court chief, clerics, officials, staff and local residents.
On the same day, the Taliban said another man and woman were flogged in public in Jaghatu district of Ghazni province on charges of “moral corruption” and also sentenced to three months’ imprisonment.
Public flogging is one of the Taliban’s standard punishments for those convicted in its courts. The lack of an independent judicial system under Taliban rule, along with the growing use of corporal punishments, has drawn widespread criticism from human rights groups.
Richard Bennett, the UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, has condemned flogging as a violation of international law. He warned that cases of corporal punishment have risen sharply in 2025 and urged the Taliban to end the practice immediately.
