AFGHANISTAN: TALIBAN PUBLICLY FLOG 15 PEOPLE, INCLUDING A WOMAN, IN NANGARHAR AND GHOR

The Taliban’s Supreme Court on November 12, 2025 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 November 11–12, 2025 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.