Taliban Publicly Flog Woman and Four Men as Corporal Punishment Persists

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – The Taliban’s Supreme Court has announced that five individuals, including one woman, have been publicly flogged in the provinces of Paktika, Kabul, Faryab, and Kunduz.

According to a statement from the court, two individuals were lashed today in the district of Janikhel, Paktika province, on charges of “theft,” based on the verdict of the primary court of the district. Each of these individuals received 35 lashes and was sentenced to two years of enforced imprisonment.