Taliban Publicly Flog Woman and Two Men in Laghman and Badakhshan

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – The Taliban’s Supreme Court has announced that two men and a woman were publicly flogged in separate incidents in Laghman and Badakhshan provinces.

In a statement released on Monday (June 2), the court stated that the woman and one of the men were punished in Laghman on charges of “running away from home.” Each received 30 lashes and a six-month prison sentence.