Taliban Flog Two Women and Three Men in Public in Ghor and Balkh

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The Taliban’s Supreme Court has announced that two women and three men were publicly flogged in Ghor and Balkh provinces on charges of “moral corruption” and “alcohol trafficking.”

According to a statement released by the court on Wednesday (October 29), four people, including two women, were flogged 39 times each in Ghor province’s sports stadium in the presence of local officials, Taliban forces, and members of the public. In Balkh province, a man was also flogged in public on charges of “transporting alcoholic beverages.”

Human rights organisations have repeatedly warned that punishments such as public flogging and executions violate human dignity and contravene international human rights obligations. Despite this, the Taliban continue to enforce such punishments based on their own interpretation of Sharia.