Taliban flogging men and women

TALIBAN FLOGS 32 PEOPLE ACROSS AFGHANISTAN AMID SURGE IN CORPORAL PUNISHMENT

April 6, 2026:

The Taliban publicly flogged 32 people, including women, in multiple provinces over the past three days, authorities said, amid a sharp rise in the group’s use of corporal punishment in recent months.
In separate statements, the Taliban Supreme Court announced the punishments, which included up to 39 lashes in public and prison terms of up to eight years, approved by the group’s highest judicial authority.
In Ghor province, a woman accused of “moral corruption” was lashed 10 times in Saghar district on April 2. In Nimruz province, 17 people were publicly flogged for charges including “illicit relationships, sodomy, beating their father, and theft,” receiving between 15 and 39 lashes each, along with prison terms of five months to eight years.
In Balkh province, one person received 30 lashes for sodomy in Shor Tepa district on April 2. Six people in Nangarhar province were lashed 20 times each on April 1 for breaking their fast during Ramadan, with two-month prison sentences.
In Paktika province, two people were lashed 39 times each for illicit relationships in Jani Khel district and sentenced to two years in prison. Five others, including a woman, were flogged in Bala Bolok district of Farah province for illicit relationships and theft on March 31, receiving up to 39 lashes.
The latest floggings come amid a documented surge in such punishments. United Nations experts reported that the Taliban’s Supreme Court announced public floggings of at least 1,110 individuals in 2025, including at least 170 women — nearly double the 567 people flogged in 2024.
Early data for 2026 suggest the trend is continuing, with 162 people publicly flogged in January alone, marking one of the highest monthly totals since the practice was officially resumed in late 2022.