Taliban publicly flogged a woman in the Ghor province on charges of “fleeing from her home,” according to a statement from the Taliban-run Supreme Court on Wednesday.
The woman received 39 lashes and was sentenced to two years in prison.
This incident follows a series of public floggings carried out by the Taliban.
Last week, more than 15 people were flogged across various provinces, despite international calls for the group to halt the use of corporal punishment.
Taliban has shown little sign of reforming its judicial system, which continues to operate under strict interpretations of Islamic law.
Amnesty International has raised concerns over the lack of access to fair trials in the Taliban’s courts, warning that this remains a serious human rights issue in Afghanistan.
According to findings by Amu, the Taliban’s Supreme Court has, over the past three years, issued at least 37 stoning sentences and lashed more than 610 people, including over 100 women.
