KABUL — Taliban publicly flogged five people, including a woman, in the northern province of Takhar, accusing them of adultery, sodomy, and theft, according to a statement from the Taliban-controlled Supreme Court on Thursday.
The court said that each of the individuals received 39 lashes and was sentenced to prison terms ranging from one year and six months to one year and seven months.
The public punishment took place on Thursday morning in a stadium in Yangi Qala district, following approval from the Taliban’s Supreme Court, the statement added.
According to figures compiled by Amu TV, Taliban have publicly flogged at least 50 people, including seven women, over the past three weeks in various provinces, punishing them for alleged moral and criminal offenses.
Despite widespread condemnation from human rights organizations and the international community, the Taliban continue to enforce public corporal punishments, drawing concerns over their increasingly repressive rule.
