Nine men were publicly flogged in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday as punishment for various crimes under the country’s new rulers, a Taliban-appointed official said.
The lashings were the latest example of harsh policies imposed by the Taliban since they seized power in the country in August 2021, policies that reflect their interpretation of Islamic or Sharia law.
Haji Zaid, spokesman for the governor’s office in the southern province of Kandahar, said in a tweet that the lashings took place at the sports stadium in the city of Kandahar, the provincial capital.
Each man was lashed 35 to 39 times in front of Taliban officials, religious clerics, elders and local people, he said. Zaid’s tweet did not elaborate on the crimes the nine were accused of or provide other details.
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Nine men in Afghanistan were publicly flogged Tuesday for committing crimes under the country’s new rulers. Punishment for crimes has been harsher since the Taliban seized power in 2021.
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Zaid and other Taliban officials in Kandahar could not immediately be reached for further comment.
Last month, the Taliban executed an Afghan convicted of killing another man, the first public execution since the former insurgents returned to power. The execution was carried out with an assault rifle by the victim’s father in the western province of Farah in front of hundreds of onlookers and many senior Taliban officials.
No country has officially recognized the new Afghan government under the Taliban, which previously ruled Afghanistan in the late 1990s.
