Taliban Publicly Flogs Two Men In Paktika

The Taliban's Supreme Court announced that it had flogged two men in the Khoshamand district of Paktika province on charges of having same-sex relations.

The court said on Tuesday that it had sentenced the men with 36 lashes in public.

The Taliban's Supreme Court announced in a statement that the flogging sentences were carried out on Monday, November 4, by the group's primary court in Khoshamand district of Paktika province.

The Taliban have sentenced them to one year and eight months in prison.

Earlier, this court had announced the execution of a flogging sentence against a man in Maidan Wardak on charges of having sexual relations with another man.

The United Nations recently reported that the Taliban have flogged 95 women and 16 men across Afghanistan in the past three months on various charges.

Corporal punishment carried out by the Taliban in Afghanistan is not limited to flogging. Recently, the Taliban's Supreme Court announced that five people have been executed in the country since August 2021.