KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – The Taliban authorities in Ghazni province have publicly flogged a man and a woman after convicting them of “moral corruption,” the group’s Supreme Court announced.
The pair were each sentenced to 30 lashes and three months in prison by the Taliban’s primary court in Jeghatu district on Thursday, according to the court statement.
Despite mounting criticism from human rights groups, the United Nations, and the international community, the Taliban continue to carry out corporal punishments in public.
A recent UN report recorded at least 234 public floggings nationwide between April and June, including 48 women and a child. In June alone, more than 80 people were whipped across several provinces.
The Taliban have also resumed public executions. At least 10 men convicted of murder were put to death in front of large crowds in recent years.
Rights groups and the UN say such punishments violate international law and human dignity, calling for them to end immediately. The Taliban defend the practices as enforcement of Islamic law and accuse critics of being against Islam.
