Taliban Publicly Flog 19, Including Two Women, In Nangarhar & Balkh
The Taliban Supreme Court said 19 people, including two women, were publicly flogged in the provinces of Nangarhar and Balkh.
The Taliban Supreme Court said 19 people, including two women, were publicly flogged in the provinces of Nangarhar and Balkh.
In a statement released on Tuesday, the court said 16 people in Nangarhar were punished on charges described as “illicit relations, running away from home, and the buying, selling and use of narcotics.” Those individuals received between 10 and 39 lashes.
The statement added that three people in Balkh were also publicly flogged, each receiving 39 lashes.
The Taliban Supreme Court said the corporal punishments were carried out under rulings issued by local courts in both provinces.
Mohammad Wali Haqqani, head of the primary urban court in Balkh, described the floggings as the “implementation and enforcement of Islamic Sharia,” saying the punishments were intended to “eliminate corruption and social disorder.”
The Taliban Supreme Court has previously said that in 2025 the group executed at least six people and flogged 1,118 others.
Public corporal punishment has become a routine practice under Taliban rule. International human rights organisations have repeatedly condemned such punishments as violations of human dignity and called for them to stop. The Taliban, however, continue to defend the measures as part of their interpretation of Islamic law.
