The Taliban’s Supreme Court said on Wednesday that two women and three men were publicly flogged in Afghanistan’s Ghor and Balkh provinces on charges of “moral corruption” and “alcohol trafficking.”
According to the court’s statement, each of the convicted individuals received at least 39 lashes in public.
The statement said the Ghor court sentenced four people, including two women, for “moral corruption.” The punishment was carried out at the provincial stadium in the presence of local officials, Taliban security forces, and residents.
In a separate case, the Supreme Court said another person in Balkh province was flogged in public for allegedly transporting alcoholic beverages.
Despite widespread international condemnation, the Taliban continue to impose public floggings and corporal punishments, describing them as enforcement of “Islamic Sharia law.”
Human rights organisations have repeatedly called on the Taliban to end such practices, which they say constitute torture and violate Afghanistan’s international obligations.
