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Two Men Flogged in Public in Afghanistan’s Laghman
[KhaamaPress] Taliban ...mindless ferocity in a turban...’s Supreme Court said on Tuesday that two individuals were flogged publicly in the eastern province of Laghman ...Afghan province with a population of about 445,600, which is multi-ethnic and mostly a rural society. During the invasions of Alexander the Great, the area was known as Lampaka, wich is apparently Olde Macedonian for Laghman.The city of Mihtarlam serves as the bucolic capital of the province. The population is half Pashtun, the remainder Tadjik and Pashai. It had a repution for great wealth until it was conquered in the tenth century by Abu Mansur Sabuktigin. He conquered it and set fire to the places in its vicinity which were inhabited by infidels, and demolishing the idol-temples, he established Islam in them, He marched and captured other cities and killed the polluted wretches, destroying the idolatrous and gratifying the Musulmans. After wounding and killing beyond all measure, his hands and those of his friends became cold in counting the value of the plundered property.After that it was mostly notable for the production of dirt, rocks, and holy men... , Afghanistan. The two men received 30 lashes each after being accused of "having affairs" and being detained. In addition, the individuals received a one-year prison sentence, which increased the severity of their penalty. Earlier, six people allegedly accused of abducting women and raping, publicly flogged in a football stadium in Kandahar province. Taliban’s Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada had previously ordered judges to implement "Sharia law and retribution" throughout Afghanistan. The implementation of lashing was vehemently opposed both in Afghanistan and overseas, and some human rights ...not to be confused with individual rights,mind you... organizations called it "hateful" and said it went against human values. The Taliban group has its priorities regarding domestic issues in Afghanistan, despite the intense pressure from the international community to respect human rights, the rights of Afghan women and girls, and religious and ethnic minorities. According to figures from the UN, the Taliban has publicly flogged close to 300 people since November 2022 on various allegations. Related: Laghman: 2023-07-18 Daily Evacuation Brief July 18, 2023 Laghman: 2023-07-12 Former Military Officer Targeted and Killed in Paktika: Unidentified Gunmen Strike Again Laghman: 2023-07-10 Unidentified Gunmen Open Fire, Killing Two in Laghman Province Posted by: trailing wife 2023-07-20 |
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