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AFGHANISTAN: TALIBAN PUBLICLY FLOG WOMAN AND 13 MEN ACROSS FOUR PROVINCES
June 10, 2025: The Taliban’s Supreme Court has announced that 14 individuals, including one woman, were publicly flogged across four provinces of Afghanistan.
According to a statement released on June, 2025, the punishments were carried out in Kabul (9 individuals), Parwan (2), Khost (2), and Paktika (1).
In Kabul, the nine men were sentenced to six to seven months in prison and 10 to 20 lashes each for allegedly trafficking and selling hashish and narcotic tablets, including K and Zikap.
In Parwan, a man and a woman were convicted of “running away from home.” Each received four years in prison and 35 lashes.
In Khost, two individuals were sentenced to two years in prison and 35 to 39 lashes for drug-related offenses.
In Paktika, a man was sentenced to two years in prison and received 36 lashes for theft. (Source: Kabul Now, 05/06/2025)
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