Taliban Publicly Flogs Woman & Man In Ghazni

The Taliban's Supreme Court announced that the group's primary court in Muqur district of Ghazni province has punished a woman and a man on charges of extramarital affairs.

The court said in the statement that the individuals were sentenced to 39 lashes in public.

On Monday, November 11, the Taliban's Supreme Court wrote that it had sentenced one of these individuals to one year in prison and the other to five years in prison.

The Taliban considers public flogging to be an order of "Islamic law" and continues corporal punishment throughout Afghanistan.

Last week, the group flogged at least 30 men and women in front of the public on various charges in Jawzjan, Paktika, Kabul, Maidan Wardak, Parwan and Nangarhar provinces.