Taliban publicly flog woman in Khost as public punishments continue
The woman received 39 lashes and was sentenced to five months in prison by a local Taliban court.
The woman received 39 lashes and was sentenced to five months in prison by a local Taliban court.
Pakistani officials warned of regional threats stemming from Afghanistan under Taliban rule.
The woman received 30 lashes and was sentenced to six months in prison.
For the past three years, Afghanistan has also been stripped of its voting rights in the U.N. General Assembly
The visit follows a trip by Russia’s special envoy for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, to Pakistan.
Local journalists said that the Taliban blocked photography and videography during several recent events.
Yari’s resignation follows that of Lotfullah Sadat, Afghanistan’s consul general in Bonn.
The punishments, carried out in the Sar-e-Rawza district, were ordered by a Taliban primary court.
Sadat revealed that the financial accounts of the Afghan Consulate in Bonn had been under "direct oversight" by the German.
The EU strongly opposes the death penalty at all times and in all circumstances,” Nicholson