The Supreme Court of the Taliban administration has announced that it has whipped 16 individuals in Kabul city for charges related to drug trafficking and alcohol sales. According to a statement released by the court on Saturday, these individuals were convicted of “selling and trafficking narcotic tablets (Zycap), methamphetamine, alcoholic beverages, and hashish.”<\/p>\n
The source stated that these individuals were sentenced to prison terms ranging from 7 months to 3 years and 6 months, along with 25 to 30 lashes. Over the past three years, the Taliban administration has extensively implemented corporal punishment as part of its judicial policy.<\/p>\n
Findings from Amoo TV based on official statements from the Supreme Court of the Taliban administration indicate that in the solar year 1404 (March 2025 \u2013 March 2026), at least 1,186 individuals have been sentenced to flogging across various provinces in Afghanistan. This figure does not include the last 12 days of Saratan (roughly mid-July). Provinces involved include Kabul, Herat, Balkh, Kandahar, Nangarhar, Khost, Badakhshan, Ghor, Paktia, Paktika, Faryab, Laghman, Kapisa, Parwan, Uruzgan, Zabul, Kunar, Maidan Wardak, Ghazni, Kunduz, Baghlan, Takhar, Badghis, Farah, Nimroz, Logar, Jowzjan, Helmand, Sar-e Pol, Daikundi, and Bamyan.<\/p>\n
Based on this official data, nearly 100 women have also been whipped in the past eight months on various charges. Sources report that the majority of these punishments were carried out publicly, a practice that has consistently drawn criticism from human rights organizations.<\/p>\n
In addition to flogging, reports confirm four cases of qisas (retributive justice) in 1404. One of the most recent incidents involved an individual being executed by qisas in the Khost provincial stadium in front of thousands of people, including women and children. Three other cases were recorded in Badghis, one in Farah, and another in Nimroz.<\/p>\n
During the same period, “propaganda against the Taliban regime” has also been prosecuted as a criminal offense. In one case in Kapisa province, an individual was sentenced to 39 lashes and one year and six months in prison, raising concerns about restrictions on freedom of expression.<\/p>\n
The release of these statistics comes amid repeated warnings from human rights groups about the rising use of public corporal punishment in Afghanistan, which they say conflicts with international human rights commitments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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