AFGHANISTAN: TALIBAN PUBLICLY FLOG MAN AND WOMAN IN GHAZNI ON CHARGES OF ‘ADULTERY’

The Taliban Supreme Court announced on December 10, 2024 that a man and a woman have been publicly flogged in Ghazni province, southeastern Afghanistan, on charges of “adultery.”
According to the Taliban court, the individuals were publicly flogged in Muqur district on December 8, after receiving approval from the regime’s supreme court and the provincial court.
The accused individuals were each given 35 lashes in the presence of local Taliban authorities and residents of the province. Additionally, one individual was sentenced to three years in prison, while the other received a five-year sentence, the court added.
Despite widespread condemnation and global calls for the Taliban to end corporal punishment, the regime continues to carry out these acts, with a recent increase in the number of floggings.
Since the beginning of December, the Taliban has publicly flogged at least 19 people, including three women, in Kapisa, Khost, Faryab, and Ghazni provinces on various charges. In November, the Taliban flogged at least 81 people, including 15 women, across Afghanistan.