US EditionTaliban flog six people in Khost
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The Taliban Supreme Court has announced the execution of a public flogging sentence on 10 men and one woman in Khost and Farah provinces. The court said in a statement that yesterday (Sunday, September 13), six people were publicly flogged in the "Spiriri" district of Farah on charges of "moral corruption" and "sodomy". The Taliban Supreme Court added that each of these people was flogged 39 times and sentenced to five years in prison. In anothe…
Taliban flog six people in Khost
Taliban publicly flogged six people in eastern Khost province, according to a statement by the Taliban’s supreme court on Monday, continuing a punishment widely denounced by the United Nations and rights groups. The court said the individuals were convicted by a Taliban primary court in Khost of what it described as “moral corruption and sodomy.” Each was sentenced to five years in prison and 39 lashes, the statement said. The floggings took pla…
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