Taliban Publicly Flogs One Man In Maidan Wardak

The Taliban's Supreme Court announced that the group's primary court in Sayed Abad district of Maidan Wardak has punished a man for allegedly having sexual relations with another man.

The court said in a statement that the individual had been sentenced to 39 lashes.

On Tuesday, November 5, the Taliban's Supreme Court wrote that the defendant was sentenced by the Sayed Abad Primary Court in the presence of officials of government institutions and the general public.

Earlier, on Monday, the Taliban's Supreme Court had announced the execution of 39 lashes on a woman and a man in Farkhar district of Takhar province. The court said in a statement that they had been convicted of extramarital affairs.

The Taliban has continued to carry out public punishment despite calls from international human rights organisations to stop corporal punishment and torture of defendants. According to the group's Supreme Court statements, the Taliban punish the accused in public every day across Afghanistan.