Taliban Publicly Flogs Eight People, Including Two Women, in Takhar and Kandahar

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – Taliban authorities publicly flogged eight people, including two women, in northern Takhar and southern Kandahar provinces on Wednesday, October 9.

In separate newsletters today, the Taliban Supreme Court announced that two women and a man were flogged in Takhar on charges of adultery, while five individuals were flogged in Kandahar on charges of “adultery, sodomy, and theft.”