Taliban Publicly Flogs Nine, Including Woman, as Corporal Punishment Continues

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – The Taliban has carried out public floggings of nine people, including a woman, in Kabul and Samangan provinces, according to the group’s supreme court.

In a statement on Tuesday, the court said a man and a woman were flogged 39 times each in Samangan on Sunday, June 15. They were punished for “running away from home” and “adultery”.