Taliban Publicly Flogs 10 People, Including Four Women, In Three Provinces
The Taliban's Supreme Court announced that it had publicly flogged 10 people, including four women, in Khost, Kabul and Laghman provinces on charges of extramarital sex and same-sex relations.
The Taliban punished these individuals with 30 to 39 lashes. The Taliban's Supreme Court announced on Wednesday, October 16, that it had sentenced two men to 30 lashes for sexual relations in Tani district of Khost province.
According to a statement issued by the court, one of the individuals was sentenced to four years in prison and the other to three years in prison.
In another statement, the court announced that the flogging sentences of four people, including two women, were carried out by the Kabul Court of First Instance on charges of extramarital affairs.
The Taliban sentenced one of these individuals to six months in prison and the other three to one year in prison.
The Taliban's Supreme Court also said that it had sentenced four people, including two women, to 30 to 39 lashes in Mehtarlam city of Laghman province.
The Taliban said that they have punished the men on charges of robbery, extramarital affairs and running away from home.
A woman and a man were sentenced to three years in prison, another woman to six months and another man to two years in prison, according to the court's statement.
