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Taliban Lash 12 People Before Stadium Crowd

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“The Taliban lashed three women and nine men in front of hundreds of spectators in a provincial sports stadium Wednesday, signaling the religious extremist group’s resumption of a brutal form of punishment that was a hallmark of their rule in the 1990s,” the AP reports.

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News18 India

Taliban Lash 12 People Before Stadium Crowd in Afghanistan

The Taliban lashed three women and nine men in front of hundreds of spectators in a provincial sports stadium Wednesday, signaling the religious extremist group’s resumption of a brutal form of punishment that was a hallmark of their rule in the 1990s.

1 year ago·India

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CTV News

Taliban lash 12 people before stadium crowd in Afghanistan

The Taliban lashed three women and nine men in front of hundreds of spectators in a provincial sports stadium Wednesday, signaling the religious extremist group's resumption of a brutal form of punishment that was a hallmark of their rule in the 1990s.

1 year ago·Canada

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Reuters

Taliban court lashes 14 in latest shift to corporal punishments

Fourteen people were lashed in a football stadium in eastern Afghanistan, the Taliban-led Supreme Court said on Wednesday, in the latest sign of the ruling group applying its strict interpretation of sharia (Islamic law) to criminal justice.

1 year ago·United Kingdom

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Associated Press News

Taliban lash 12 people before stadium crowd in Afghanistan

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban lashed three women and nine men in front of hundreds of spectators in a provincial sports stadium Wednesday, signaling the religious extremist group’s resumption of a brutal form of punishment that was a hallmark of their rule in the 1990s.

1 year ago·United States

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Global News

Afghanistan: Taliban lash 12 people before stadium crowd, signaling hardline return - National

The first confirmed public lashing since last year's Taliban takeover took place Nov. 11, when 19 men and women received 39 lashes each for various crimes.

1 year ago·Toronto, Canada

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abc News

Taliban lash 12 people before stadium crowd in Afghanistan

A local official says that the Taliban have lashed three women and nine men in front of hundreds of spectators in a provincial sports stadium in central Afghanistan

1 year ago·United States

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