The Taliban’s Supreme Court recently confirmed the administration of a public whipping as punishment for alleged “immorality” in Sar-e Pul Province.
In a statement released on Sunday, March 3rd, the Taliban’s Supreme Court disclosed that the aforementioned individual underwent the whipping in the presence of local Taliban officials, relatives of the accused, and select members of the Taliban court in Sar-e Pul Province.
The institution further revealed that the accused received a six-month prison sentence following a trial at the Taliban city court in Sar-e Pul Province.
This incident is part of a broader pattern, as the Taliban recently carried out public executions of three individuals in Ghazni and Jawzjan.
Despite mounting domestic and international pressure urging the Taliban to adhere to human rights standards and refrain from extrajudicial punishments, the group persists in operating what critics describe as kangaroo courts.
The Taliban’s actions have elicited widespread condemnation. Thomas Nicolson, the EU Special Envoy for Afghanistan, vehemently criticized the Taliban’s public executions of suspects in a statement issued yesterday.
