The Taliban’s Supreme Court announced today (Sunday, March 14) that the group’s primary court in Kabul province publicly flogged 21 people on charges of “selling and using narcotic drugs.”
According to the statement, Taliban members carried out between 10 and 39 lashes after arresting the accused and sentencing them to prison terms ranging from seven months to four years.
Over the past four years, the physical and public punishment of citizens by members of the Taliban regime in front of crowds has become increasingly common, but the practice has consistently drawn strong national and international reactions.
The group claims to enforce God’s decree and Sharia law in society, but experts say that this pattern of physical violence not only fails to reduce crime, but also spreads fear and terror among the population.
Analysts, particularly human rights activists, have repeatedly called for the repeal of this inhumane law, emphasizing that the Taliban are using it to spread their extremist ideology.
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