Taliban courts have publicly flogged at least 11 people in Kabul on drug-related charges, sentencing them to between 10 and 39 lashes and prison terms ranging from seven months to three years.
In a statement issued on Monday, December 22, the Taliban Supreme Court said the Kabul Primary Court for the Prevention of Narcotics punished the individuals for selling and trafficking tablet K, methamphetamine, cannabis and alcoholic beverages.
According to figures compiled by Afghanistan International, the Taliban have flogged at least 106 people, including 13 women, across Afghanistan over the past 10 days.
The Taliban describe corporal punishment imposed by courts under their control as the enforcement of Islamic sharia. Despite repeated criticism from international organisations over public floggings and the torture of detainees, the group has continued to carry out such punishments, often in public.
A recent report by the United Nations said the Taliban flogged at least 215 people, 44 women and 171 men, in several provinces between August 1 and October 31.
