KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban publicly flogged 111 people across Afghanistan from July to September, according to a new United Nations report documenting the group’s use of corporal punishment.
The report details that 95 men, 15 women, and one girl were whipped in various regions during this period.
The U.N. notes that punishments often occurred in public and were sometimes administered to groups of individuals simultaneously, a practice that has continued in recent months.
In July alone, the Taliban publicly flogged 18 men at a stadium in the city of Tarinkot, the capital of Uruzgan Province, according to the report. These individuals, convicted of offenses such as theft, sodomy, and adultery by the Taliban’s appellate court in Uruzgan, were each whipped between 19 and 39 times.
Last month, the U.N. Human Rights Council condemned the Taliban’s use of corporal punishment and called for an immediate end to the practice. Amnesty International also expressed concern, citing the absence of fair judicial processes in Taliban courts and warning of widespread human rights abuses.
