The Taliban’s Supreme Court has confirmed that 15 people, including a woman, were publicly flogged in two separate provinces of Afghanistan — Nangarhar and Ghor — in recent days.
According to an official statement issued by the court, 14 individuals, among them one woman, were punished in public on Tuesday and Wednesday (November 11–12) in the Lalpura district of Nangarhar. The statement said that the punishments were carried out following verdicts by the district and city courts.
Those flogged were accused of “running away from home,” “selling alcohol,” “same-sex relations,” and “theft.” Each of them reportedly received between 30 and 39 lashes in front of local residents.
In a separate incident, another person was publicly flogged in the Saghar district of Ghor province on charges of “moral corruption,” receiving 39 lashes, according to another statement from the Taliban court.
Since retaking power in 2021, the Taliban have repeatedly carried out public floggings and executions across Afghanistan, despite widespread international condemnation. Human rights organizations have called these punishments cruel, inhuman, and degrading, saying they violate international law and fundamental human dignity.
The UN and other rights groups have urged the Taliban to immediately halt all forms of corporal punishment and restore the rights and freedoms stripped from the Afghan people—particularly women.
