Taliban Publicly Flogs Five, Including Two Women, in Logar and Badakhshan

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – The Taliban has publicly flogged five individuals, including two women, in Afghanistan’s Logar and Badakhshan provinces, the group’s Supreme Court announced Tuesday.

In Logar’s Mohammad Agha district, four individuals were punished on Tuesday, May 13, for alleged “illicit relationships” and “sodomy.” Each received between 20 and 39 lashes in front of local authorities and residents.