Taliban Flog Seven People in Herat for Selling Alcohol
The Taliban publicly flogged seven people in Herat province on charges of selling alcoholic beverages, according to a statement from the Taliban's Supreme Court. Each individual was sentenced to two years in prison and 39 lashes.
Amu TV data compiled from Taliban statements indicates that 1,186 people have been publicly flogged across Afghanistan in solar year 1404. This includes nearly 100 women flogged in the past eight months, most of them in public.
The same data records qisas executions under Taliban rulings in solar year 1404, with three in Badghis province, one in Farah and one in Nimroz.
In a separate case in Kapisa province during the same solar year, one person was flogged 39 times for propaganda against the Taliban system and sentenced to one year and six months in prison.
A United Nations report cited by Amu TV states that the Taliban flogged 316 people in the past three months, including 30 women, one girl and four boys.
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