The Taliban’s iron-fisted justice system resurfaced today as two individuals in Kabul faced the lash for alleged extramarital relations.
In a grim announcement from the Taliban’s Supreme Court, it was revealed that both offenders endured 35 lashes each on Thursday, March 28th, at the directive of the Primary Court of the Taliban in the Fourth Zone of Kabul.
The communiqué further disclosed that alongside the brutal flogging, each defendant received a harsh one-year prison sentence.
This latest instance of Taliban justice closely follows a similar public spectacle in the Arghandab district of Kandahar province, where five individuals faced public flogging at the hands of the Taliban’s Primary Court.
This recurrence marks the second instance of Taliban-led kangaroo court sessions, a resurgence aligned with recent declarations by Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada, the group’s leader.
Akhundzada’s rhetoric reaffirmed the Taliban’s commitment to what he terms the “implementation of Sharia laws,” including the archaic practices of stoning women and meting out lashings.
Despite mounting domestic and international pressures urging respect for human rights and the cessation of kangaroo courts, the Taliban remain resolute in their summary judicial proceedings.