Taliban Publicly Flog Nine People in Ghazni and Takhar

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – The Taliban’s Supreme Court has announced the public flogging of nine people, including three women, in Ghazni and Takhar provinces.

According to the statement, four men and one woman were publicly whipped on February 17 in Jaghori district of Ghazni. They were accused of “sodomy,” “theft,” and “running away from home.”