Taliban Publicly Flogs Individual on Blasphemy Charges in Khost Province

On Thursday, August 23, the Taliban's Supreme Court announced that an individual had been publicly flogged 39 times in Khost province after being convicted of blasphemy.

The court's statement detailed that the individual had been found guilty of insulting Islamic sanctities.

The sentencing was handed down by the Public Security Court of the Khost Primary Court, and the punishment was carried out in the presence of Aminullah Munib, the director of the Khost Court of Appeals, along with military and civilian government officials.

The Taliban did not disclose the identity of the individual in question.
This incident follows a similar case from the previous day, where the Taliban's Supreme Court revealed that a woman in Kabul had been flogged 35 times on charges of maintaining an extramarital affairs. The court added that she had been sentenced to two years in prison but did not provide further details about her identity or the manner in which the punishment was executed.