KABUL (HRNW): In a report detailing the judicial landscape under the interim Taliban administration, it has been revealed that a total of 1,200 individuals, including 100 women, were subjected to various Sharia-based punishments over the past year. According to sources monitoring the situation, 1,186 people were sentenced to public flogging, while six individuals faced public executions across different provinces.
The implementation of these sentences has been concentrated in major urban and regional centers, including Kabul, Herat, Balkh, Kandahar, and Nangarhar. Taliban authorities defend these measures as essential components of Islamic Sharia, asserting that public punishments serve as a deterrent to crime and are necessary for maintaining social discipline.
However, the escalation of public corporal punishment has drawn sharp condemnation from international human rights organizations and United Nations experts. Advocates argue that public floggings and executions, particularly those involving women, constitute a grave violation of fundamental human rights and international legal standards. Critics maintain that such practices create an environment of fear rather than justice, while the Taliban government remains firm in its stance that its judicial system is a sovereign matter of religious law.
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