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Taliban Carry Out More than 70 Public Floggings in a Month

Taliban have flogged at least 74 people across 15 provinces in the past month, including a dozen women, according to figures collected by Amu from the Taliban-run Supreme Court statements. The punishments — carried out in public squares and sports fields — were imposed on people accused of crimes such as “illicit relations, running away from home, theft and moral corruption.” The largest number of cases were reported in Kabul and Sar-i-Pul, with…
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The Taliban Supreme Court has announced the execution of flogging sentences on 13 people in the Mirbacha Kot district of Kabul. According to a press release from the Taliban Supreme Court published today (Thursday, August 29), these people were tried and punished on charges of gambling, selling and smuggling narcotics (Zikap), heroin and hashish. According to the press release, the Mirbacha Kot Primary Narcotics Prevention Court sentenced six pe…

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روزنامه اطلاعات روز broke the news in on Thursday, July 31, 2025.
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