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.