Taliban Flogs 14 People In Farah Province
The Taliban’s Supreme Court said 14 people were flogged in Farah province on charges of same-sex relations, receiving between 20 and 30 lashes.
In a statement on Saturday, April 18, the court said the punishments were carried out in Bala Buluk district.
In previous statements, the court often announced prison sentences alongside flogging, but this time only corporal punishment was mentioned.
Despite opposition from international organisations to torture and corporal punishment, the Taliban have continued to carry out public floggings.
The group describes such punishments for those convicted by its courts as the enforcement of “Islamic law”.
