Taliban Publicly Flog Man & Woman In Nangarhar Province
The Taliban Supreme Court said on Saturday, 13 December, that a man and a woman were publicly flogged with 30 lashes each in Nangarhar province on charges of extramarital relations.
In a statement, the court said the punishment was carried out by a Taliban primary court in the Sherzad district of Nangarhar.
According to the statement, Taliban judicial and local officials, as well as local residents, were present during the flogging.
No details were released about the identities of those punished or the judicial process that led to the sentences.
The Taliban routinely detain and publicly flog individuals on a range of charges. The group describes the public enforcement of corporal punishment and executions as the “implementation of Sharia law.”
Over the past four years, hundreds of people have been publicly flogged, and at least 11 people have been executed. The most recent execution took place five days ago at Khost city stadium, where the Taliban said about 80,000 people were present to witness the execution.
