Taliban publicly flogs 12 for theft and adultery

In Afghanistan, the ruling faction of the Taliban organized a public flogging of 12 individuals accused of theft and adultery, at a sports activities stadium in Logar province. Regional authorities despatched out invites for executing the sentence, and several other hundred individuals took half within the execution as reported by the Related Press.

Three girls and 9 males have been publicly flogged. The provincial governor’s workplace invited “noble students, mujahideen, elders, tribal leaders and native individuals” to the stadium the place the execution occurred on Wednesday morning.

Flogging was extensively carried out by the Taliban between 1996 and 2001 after they dominated in Afghanistan for the primary time.

In mid-November, the nation’s prime Taliban chief, Mullah Haybatullah Ahundzadeh, ordered judges to use all punishments prescribed by the Taliban’s strict interpretation of Islamic regulation, together with stoning, amputation, flogging and public executions.

Ahundzadeh required the judges to use Sharia, or Islamic regulation, to its full extent, together with all penalties offered for essentially the most severe crimes below the system. The crimes include actions comparable to adultery, false accusations of adultery, theft, banditry, consuming alcohol, apostasy and sedition.

For the primary time after retaking energy in Afghanistan in August 2021, the Taliban imposed floggings on November 11, when 19 individuals have been punished for alleged theft, adultery and working away from residence, the AP stories.

In early October, the Taliban banned girls from the capital’s parks and amusement parks. Girls can’t transfer round in public with out a male companion (husband, older brother or father), and there are strict gown codes – solely a girl’s eyes could also be seen in a public place.

The Taliban have dominated Afghanistan since August 2021; taking energy after the withdrawal of the Western coalition troops, which had been there since 2001.

Sharia is the regulation taken primarily from the Koran and the phrases and deeds of the Prophet Muhammad, contained within the messages of his companions (hadith). It regulates each spiritual and secular life and is interpreted in several methods relying on the authorized college and native traditions.

supply: Reuters