The Taliban Justice Ministry says a new law on preachers has been published after approval by Hibatullah Akhundzada, requiring religious preachers to follow the Hanafi school of Islam.
The Taliban’s Supreme Court says a man and woman were publicly flogged in Badakhshan, receiving 39 lashes each over extramarital relations.
Human Rights Watch says Pakistan has sharply increased deportations of Afghan refugees, warning of abuses including arbitrary arrests and forced returns.
The International Committee of the Red Cross says thousands in Nuristan have gone without food, healthcare and basic services for more than six weeks due to fighting, as aid deliveries begin.
The Taliban’s Supreme Court said two people were flogged in public in Maidan Wardak, receiving 39 lashes each on theft charges.
The Taliban’s Supreme Court said 42 people were flogged across three provinces on charges including same-sex relations, alcohol offences and extramarital affairs.
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.
The UK’s special envoy for Afghanistan says the Taliban’s panel code should be repealed, echoing UN concerns that it undermines human rights protections in the country.
The Taliban’s Supreme Court said its courts in Kabul and Nangarhar flogged three women and two men on charges of immorality, running away from home, and extramarital relations.
UN human rights experts have raised concerns in an open letter to the Taliban over their penal code, warning that they undermine human rights protections in Afghanistan and should be repealed.
A new UN Women report says fewer than one in five Afghan women returning from Iran and Pakistan can earn an income, worsening poverty and food insecurity among returnee families.
The Taliban’s Supreme Court said two people were flogged in public in Badghis and Nangarhar.
The Taliban Supreme Court says one woman and four men were publicly flogged in Maidan Wardak and Zabul provinces for theft, extramarital affairs and same-sex relations. The group said that each of them received 39 lashes and prison terms of two to three years.
A Kabul University student says Taliban Higher Education Minister Neda Mohammad Nadeem slapped and questioned him for wearing an Uzbek cap, calling it political. The student says the cap reflects his culture.
The Taliban Supreme Court says a woman was publicly flogged with 39 lashes in Khost province on Wednesday, accused of “running away from home”, and sentenced to two years in prison.
The Taliban Supreme Court says 19 people, including one woman, have been flogged in Balkh, Nimroz and Ghor on various charges, continuing public corporal punishment despite international criticism.
The Taliban’s Supreme Court said on Sunday it had flogged six people, including two women, in Jawzjan province and sentenced them to prison. Some of those punished were accused of “insulting” Taliban officials.
Representatives of Russia and Qatar, speaking at a session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, made no reference to widespread human rights violations or the situation of women in Afghanistan, unlike several other countries.
Taliban courts flogged 40 people in Kabul and Faryab province on various charges, according to statements from the group’s judicial authorities.
The Taliban’s Supreme Court said Monday that at least 36 people were publicly flogged in Khost province in a single day.
The human rights organisation Rawadari says the Taliban have failed to fully criminalise the beating of children under their criminal courts’ code of procedure.
The Taliban Supreme Court said it publicly flogged five people, including one woman, in Ghazni province on charges described as theft, “illicit relations” and “moral corruption”.