Taliban Publicly Flogs Seven People, Including Three Women, In Kapisa, Paktia & Ghazni

The Taliban's Supreme Court announced on Thursday that it had publicly flogged seven people in three provinces, Kapisa, Paktia and Ghazni.

The court wrote that the indicted included three women and four men who were convicted on various charges.

The Taliban's Supreme Court on Thursday, January 9, wrote that these individuals were sentenced to 20 to 39 lashes and sentenced to one to four years in prison.

The court said that a defendant in Muqur district of Ghazni was sentenced to flogging on charges of "immorality" and a person in central Paktia was sentenced to flogging for public robbery.

In a separate statement, the court said that the criminal court of the group in Allahsai district of Kapisa had sentenced five people, including three women, to flogging on charges of running away from home and having sexual relations outside of marriage.

The Taliban court stated that these individuals were flogged in the courtyard of local courts, in the presence of officials, court clients, and the general public.

On Monday, the court also reported that a man had been flogged in public for allegedly kidnapping a woman in Zabul province. The Taliban's Supreme Court said that the man was sentenced to 39 lashes and one year in prison.

Despite the objections of international human rights organisations, the Taliban has continued to flog defendants in public across Afghanistan. The group considers the execution of the flogging sentence to be an order of "Islamic law”.