17 December 2024 :

Taliban authorities have publicly flogged three Individuals for “sodomy” in Kunduz province, northern Afghanistan, amid a recent surge in corporal punishment.
The Taliban Supreme Court announced in a statement that the flogging was carried out on December 12, 2024 after receiving approval from the provincial court.
The statement says that each individual was given 39 lashes in front of local authorities and the public, along with prison sentences ranging from four to seven years.
This marks the seventh instance of public flogging carried out by the Taliban this month. Since the beginning of December, the regime has flogged at least 25 people, including three women, on various charges across Afghanistan.
Since the Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada announced the resumption of corporal punishment in 2022, the regime has flogged hundreds of people, including women, girls, and members of the LGBTQ+ community, mostly for committing “immoral crimes.”
The practice of public flogging has intensified in recent months, with the regime carrying it out almost daily. In November alone, the Taliban flogged at least 81 people, including 15 women, across Afghanistan.

11 December 2024 :

The Taliban Supreme Court announced on December 10, 2024 that a man and a woman have been publicly flogged in Ghazni province, southeastern Afghanistan, on charges of “adultery.”
According to the Taliban court, the individuals were publicly flogged in Muqur district on December 8, after receiving approval from the regime’s supreme court and the provincial court.
The accused individuals were each given 35 lashes in the presence of local Taliban authorities and residents of the province. Additionally, one individual was sentenced to three years in prison, while the other received a five-year sentence, the court added.
Despite widespread condemnation and global calls for the Taliban to end corporal punishment, the regime continues to carry out these acts, with a recent increase in the number of floggings.
Since the beginning of December, the Taliban has publicly flogged at least 19 people, including three women, in Kapisa, Khost, Faryab, and Ghazni provinces on various charges. In November, the Taliban flogged at least 81 people, including 15 women, across Afghanistan.

08 December 2024 :

The Taliban publicly flogged six individuals in eastern Khost province and one person in northern Faryab province on December 3, 2024.
The Taliban Supreme Court announced in a statement that six people were flogged for “illicit relations,” “theft,” and “fraud” in the provincial capital of Khost.
The court added that the individuals received between 30 to 35 lashes each and prison sentences ranging from one to two years.
In a separate statement, the Court stated that one person was publicly flogged for “illicit relations” in Pashtoon Kot district of Faryab province. According to the court, the individual received 39 lashes and a three-year prison sentence.
Since reclaiming power in August 2021, the Taliban have reinstated strict Sharia law, similar to their rule in the late 1990s. This includes punishments like public floggings, executions, and stonings.
Over the past three years, the Taliban have publicly flogged hundreds of people, including women and LGBTQ+ individuals, across Afghanistan. The regime has also publicly executed six men convicted of murder during this period.
Reports show a rise in such punishments in recent months, with public floggings happening almost every day, often for charges the Taliban categorize as “moral corruption.”
Last month alone, the Taliban publicly flogged at least 81 people, including 15 women, on various charges across Afghanistan.
The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) recently documented 111 cases of corporal punishment between June and September this year, including 15 women and one girl.

28 November 2024 :

Taliban publicly flogged two women and eight men in the provinces of Khost, Balkh and Ghor, according to Taliban statements on November 28, 2024.
According to the statements, the punishments in Balkh and Ghor were administered on Nov. 27 while in Khost, the punishment was administered on Nov. 21.
In Khost, a woman and a man each received 39 lashes for alleged “moral corruption.”
In Ghor, a woman and man faced between 25 and 39 lashes for similar accusations, in addition to being sentenced to five months in prison.
Four other men in Ghor, convicted of adultery and sodomy, received between 25 and 39 lashes and were handed prison terms ranging from four months to two years, the court said.
In Balkh, two men were lashed 35 times each in public on charges of “sodomy”, according to a Taliban statement. The two were also sentenced to four years in prison.
The floggings were conducted in public spaces, including a sports stadium in Ghor and the courtyard of the appellate court in Khost.
Local residents, Taliban judicial officials, government workers, and military personnel attended the events, according to the Taliban’s Supreme Court.

21 November 2024 :

Taliban publicly flogged three individuals in a stadium in Khulm district of the central province of Samangan, according to a statement released on November 21, 2024 by the Taliban’s Supreme Court.
The individuals, accused of adultery, each received 39 lashes, the statement said. The punishment was carried out following a verdict issued by the Taliban’s primary court in Khulm.
Local Taliban officials, including the head of the primary court, the district governor, the police chief, and other Taliban figures, as well as residents, were present during the public punishment. The identities of the individuals were not disclosed.
In the past month alone, the Taliban have publicly flogged 97 people, including 14 women, across various provinces for offenses ranging from theft to moral misconduct.
Jawzjan and Khost provinces have seen the highest number of public floggings in the past month, with 22 and 17 cases, respectively.

13 November 2024 :

The Taliban on November 11, 2024 publicly flogged a man in Ghazni province, southeastern Afghanistan, on charges of “moral corruption.” 
In a statement, the Taliban Supreme Court announced that the man was publicly flogged in the Qara Bagh district of Ghazni on November 11.
The man was sentenced to 30 lashes and 29 days in prison following a ruling by the provincial Criminal Court, the court said.
This is the latest incident of corporal punishment carried out by the Taliban. In recent weeks, the Taliban have flogged hundreds of individuals, including women and LGBTQ+ people, on charges the regime deems as “moral corruption.”

06 November 2024 :

The Taliban publicly flogged a man and a woman for “adultery” in Parwan province, eastern Afghanistan, the Taliban Supreme Court announced on November 5, 2024, amid a rise in corporal punishment across the country.
These individuals were flogged in Bagram district on November 5, each receiving 39 lashes in the presence of local residents and authorities, the Supreme Court said.
Additionally, the Taliban primary court sentenced them to three years in prison.
This incident is part of a recent surge in public corporal punishment across Afghanistan.
In recent weeks, the Taliban have flogged hundreds, including women and LGBTQ+ individuals, on charges the regime labels as “moral corruption.”
Over the past two days, Taliban authorities have flogged at least 29 people, including 6 women, across several provinces of Afghanistan.

05 November 2024 :

The Taliban carried out November 5, 2024 public floggings of 27 individuals, including 5 women, in the provinces of Jowzjan, Kabul, Paktika, and Maidan Wardak.
Local sources in northern Jowzjan province reported that the Taliban authorities flogged 22 individuals, including four women, in the capital city of Sheberghan, on charges of “illicit relationships” and “producing and selling drugs and alcohol.”
According to sources, these individuals received between 25 and 29 lashes each in a sports stadium in front of local residents and authorities.
They were also sentenced to prison terms ranging from one month to one year.
In multiple statements, the Taliban Supreme Court announced that a man and a woman on Novermer 5 were flogged in Kabul for “adultery,” while two men were flogged in Paktika and another man in Maidan Wardak for “sodomy.”
According to the statements, these individuals each received between 36 to 39 lashes and were sentenced to prison terms ranging from six months to two years.
Public punishments have been on the rise in Afghanistan since the Taliban’s supreme leader, Haibatullah Akhundzada, ordered the return of Islamic sentences in November 2022.

15 October 2024 :

Taliban publicly flogged eight individuals, including a woman, in the eastern province of Kunar on October 13, 2024.
Taliban said the individuals were accused of “sodomy, theft, and fleeing home.”
The individuals received various sentences alongside the corporal punishment, according to a statement by Taliban-run supreme court.
Two people were lashed 39 times and sentenced to two years in prison each. Another two were lashed 20 times and sentenced to seven months in prison.
A fifth individual was sentenced to three years in prison and received 20 lashes, while another was given 15 lashes along with a 15-month prison sentence. One person was hit with 20 lashes and sentenced to a year in prison, and the final individual received 10 lashes and a 10-year prison term.
This marks the latest in a series of public floggings by the Taliban in recent weeks, with nearly 30 individuals, including women, reportedly subjected to corporal punishment across various provinces.
The United Nations Human Rights Council recently passed a resolution condemning the Taliban’s use of corporal punishment, such as stoning and execution by wall-burial, citing them as violations of international human rights standards. The resolution highlighted concerns about reports of extrajudicial punishments in the country.

04 June 2024 :

The Taliban has publicly flogged 30 individuals, including a woman, on multiple charges in the provinces of Ghor, Paktika, Ghazni, Khost, and Kunduz in the last four days, kabulnow.com reported on June 4, 2024.
Over the last four days, the Taliban Supreme Court has issued several announcements regarding the public flogging of these individuals across the country.
They face charges including ‘adultery’, ‘sodomy’, ‘running away from home’, and ‘theft’.
The Taliban Supreme Court has announced that these individuals, in addition to receiving between 20 to 40 lashes each, have also been sentenced to up to several years in prison.
After retaking power in Afghanistan in August 2021, the Taliban carried out its first public flogging in the eastern province of Logar in November 2022. Since then, the regime has continued this practice across the country, with public lashings often taking place in sports stadiums and witnessed by local authorities, elders, and residents.
Additionally, the Taliban have continued to conduct public executions for various charges. Over the past nearly three years, the regime has publicly executed at least five individuals in the country.
The Taliban’s reinstatement of public flogging has faced widespread international condemnation, with many organizations condemning it as a form of “corporal punishment.”
The United Nations has been particularly vocal in condemning this practice, describing it as a violation of fundamental human values. The UN and numerous rights organizations have also criticized the legitimacy of the Taliban’s courts, especially when accused individuals are denied the right to legal representation and the opportunity to defend themselves.
Last year, Amnesty International, an international human rights organization, called on the Taliban to immediately and unconditionally cease the “criminal practice” of public flogging and all other forms of corporal punishment. The watchdog emphasized the need to establish a formal justice system that ensures fair trials and access to legal remedies.
The Taliban, however, asserts that it enforces Sharia law in Afghanistan, accusing other countries and organizations of either lacking sufficient understanding or having biases against Islam.
The Taliban supreme leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, recently emphasized the continuation of corporal punishment, including public beatings and stonings of women. He said that while such punishments may not align with Western democratic values, the regime will persist in implementing them in Afghanistan.
“In your view, stoning is a violation of women’s rights. In the near future, we plan to enforce the punishment for adultery, which includes publicly stoning and flogging women,” the Taliban leader said, pointing toward Western countries. “Just as you claim to strive to save and liberate humanity, so do I. You represent Satan, and I represent God. As Allah says, ‘The party of Allah will prevail,’” he added.

14 November 2024 :

The Taliban authorities publicly executed a man accused of murder in Paktia province, eastern Afghanistan, on November 13, 2024, marking the sixth public execution since their return to power in the country.
The Taliban Supreme Court announced in a statement that the man, identified as Mohammad Ayaz, was executed in a sports stadium in Gardez, the capital city. The statement said he had killed a person with a gun and was sentenced to retaliation punishment, or Qisas.
According to the statement, the execution was carried out following approval from the Taliban’s triple military court (primary, appellate, and Tamiz) and the final order of the regime’s supreme leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada.
The statement noted that the execution took place in the presence of senior Taliban authorities, including Sirajuddin Haqqani, the regime’s interior minister, Khalilur Rahman Haqqani, the minister for refugees, and a large crowd of local residents.
The evening before the execution, the office of the Taliban governor in Paktia called on authorities and local residents to “attend this event” via social media.
This was the sixth public execution carried out by the Taliban since their return to power in Afghanistan in August 2021. Since then, the regime has publicly executed one man in Farah, two in Ghazni, one in Laghman, and another in Jowzan province.
Despite initial promises of a more moderate rule, the Taliban began enforcing severe public punishments including executions, floggings, and stonings shortly after seizing power. The punishments are similar to those imposed during their previous rule of Afghanistan in the late 1990s.
Over the past three years, the Taliban has publicly flogged hundreds of people, including women and LGBTQ+ individuals, on various charges across the country, with a rising incidence in recent weeks.

16 October 2024 :

As the world observes the World Day Against the Death Penalty on October 10, reports indicate that hundreds of inmates in Taliban-controlled prisons in Afghanistan are awaiting execution. The Taliban’s prison administration has confirmed that between 1,000 and 1,100 inmates are awaiting the implementation of execution or Qisas (retribution) sentences.
The Taliban has enforced the death penalty as a part of its judicial system since regaining control in 2021. In a recent interview, the Taliban’s deputy head of prison administration reiterated that a substantial number of prisoners are awaiting execution under the group’s strict interpretation of Islamic law. However, some scholars, including Waliullah Labib, argue that the conditions under Islamic law for implementing executions are so stringent that they are rarely met. “In today’s era, I don’t think even ten percent of the actual Islamic criteria are fulfilled,” Labib said.

26 February 2024 :

22 February 2024 :

The Taliban carried out a double public execution at a stadium in southeastern Afghanistan on February 22, 2024 as thousands watched the killing of two convicted men as their victims’ relatives fired the gunshot.
The Taliban’s Supreme Court had ruled that the pair were responsible for the stabbing deaths of two victims in separate attacks, according to a court statement.
It identified the two as Syed Jamal from central Wardak province and Gul Khan from Ghazni — though it was unclear who did the stabbing, the two convicted men or others.
The statement also said that three lower courts and the Taliban’s supreme leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, had ordered the executions in retribution for their purported crimes.
On February 22, people crowded outside the stadium in the Ali Lala area of the city of Ghazni, clambering to get in, and religious scholars pleaded with relatives of the victims to forgive the convicts, but they refused.
Abu Abu Khalid Sarhadi, a spokesman for Ghazni police, said that relatives of the victims executed the two men. He did not say what type of guns they used.
The executions started shortly before 1 p.m. There were 15 bullets fired, eight at one of the men and seven at the other. Ambulances then took their bodies away.
The killings were the third and fourth public executions since the Taliban seized power in 2021 amid the chaotic withdrawal of U.S. and NATO forces from Afghanistan.
The United Nations has strongly criticized the Taliban for carrying out public executions, lashings and stonings since seizing power, and called on the country’s rulers to halt such practices.
During their previous rule of Afghanistan in the late 1990s, the Taliban regularly carried out public executions, floggings and stonings.

31 March 2024 :

In a bold statement addressing Western democracies, the Taliban's supreme leader reaffirmed the group's harsh policies towards women, specifically the punishment for adultery.
According to a voice message broadcasted on state controlled media on March 23, 2024 and translated by The Telegraph, Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada declared, "You say it’s a violation of women’s rights when we stone them to death. But we will soon implement the punishment for adultery. We will flog women in public. We will stone them to death in public."
These remarks underscore the Taliban's intention to revert to the extreme policies that characterized its rule in Afghanistan during the 1990s.
Despite international condemnation and calls for the observance of human rights, particularly women's rights, the Taliban has continued, and now officially confirmed, its commitment to these brutal practices, a Fox News report said.
The international community has watched with growing alarm as the Taliban, since their return to power in August 2021, have resumed capital punishments and public executions.
According to a United Nations report in May 2023, 175 individuals had been sentenced under these draconian measures, including 37 people condemned to stoning.
It remains unclear how many of the sentenced individuals are women, the Fox News report said.
In a direct rebuttal to global criticism regarding the suppression of women's rights under Taliban rule, Akhundzada said, "These are all against your democracy, but we will continue doing it. We both say we defend human rights – we do it as God’s representative and you as the devil’s." He further criticized the Western concept of women's rights, claiming they contradict the Taliban's strict interpretation of Islamic Sharia law.
The international community, particularly entities such as the United Nations, has urged the Taliban to adhere to basic human rights standards. Yet, the Taliban leader's recent statements signal a continued defiance against democratic values and international norms, particularly concerning women's rights.
The resurgence of such policies poses a significant setback for human rights in Afghanistan, especially for women who have seen their freedoms drastically curtailed since the Taliban's takeover. Akhundzada's message serves as a stark reminder of the ideological and cultural chasm that separates the Taliban's Afghanistan from the principles of Western democracies.