Taliban Publicly Flogs Eight People In Two Provinces

The Taliban Supreme Court says eight people, including one woman, were publicly flogged in Sar-e Pol and Zabul provinces on charges including extramarital relations and theft.

The Taliban Supreme Court says eight people, including one woman, were publicly flogged in Sar-e Pol and Zabul provinces on charges including extramarital relations and theft.
In a statement on Sunday, April 5, the court said two people in Shahjoy district of Zabul province were sentenced to prison and received between 30 and 39 lashes each.
It added that in Kohistanat district of Sar-e Pol province, six people, including a woman, were convicted on similar charges and given between 29 and 35 lashes. They were also sentenced to two to three years in prison.
Despite opposition from international organisations to torture and corporal punishment, the Taliban have continued to carry out public floggings. The group describes such punishments as the implementation of “Islamic Sharia”.
The Rawadari human rights organisation said in a report on March 25, that the Taliban had imposed cruel, inhuman and degrading punishments over the past year, including issuing law of retribution (Qisas) sentences for six people, stoning one woman and flogging 857 individuals.
The report also said that during the same period, 611 people, including 48 women and 35 children, were deliberately and mysteriously killed or injured by the Taliban and unidentified individuals.
According to the report, the victims were mainly former government employees, protesters, civil society and human rights activists, community elders and people accused by the Taliban of cooperating with opposition groups.