KABUL: The Taliban’s Supreme Court has announced that 40 individuals were publicly whipped in Kabul and Faryab provinces. According to the court’s statement, 37 people in Kabul were whipped for charges of purchasing, selling, and trafficking narcotic tablets, methamphetamine, alcohol, and hashish. Each individual received between 10 to 39 lashes and was sentenced to six months to three years in suspended imprisonment. Additionally, three individuals in Shireen Tagab district of Faryab were whipped for “producing, selling, and consuming alcohol.” Each received 39 lashes and was sentenced to two years in suspended imprisonment. Since the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan, the group has repeatedly whipped accused individuals in public and has executed 12 people in front of hundreds of spectators. International human rights organizations consider these executions and corporal punishments as violations of international law and human dignity, calling for an immediate cessation of such practices.
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