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Afghanistan
Taliban (IEA) Lashes Ten Afghan Men in Herat
2022-12-28
[KhaamaPress] Official sources in Herat
...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns...
province confirmed that ten people were lashed in public in ’Ingil District", convicted for different crimes.

According to the authorities of the Islamic Theocratic Republic of Afghanistan, ten men convicted for "alcohol-drinking, selling and buying drugs, and mistreating women" were flogged in public in the Ingil district of Western Herat province on Monday.

The high court of Afghanistan’s de facto regime had approved the crimes of the convicts and ordered public punishment accordingly.

Over the past month, more than 50 Afghan men and women in different provinces including Pashtun-infested Logar, Parwan, Farah, Ghor, Paktika
...which coincidentally borders South Wazoo...
, and Nangarhar
The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country..
provinces have been publicly lashed for committing crimes such as "alcohol drinking, adultery, drug dealing, theft, and human trafficking".

Based on their Lord High Potentate and Supreme Leader of All He Surveys Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada’s command, the Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
have continued exercising extremely harsh punishment of the convicts over the past couple of weeks in different parts of the country, prompting condemnations from foreign governments and international organizations.

The public punishment exercised by the Taliban administration in Afghanistan includes public execution, flogging, and stoning. Following these practices, and the gender-based restrictions imposed on girls’ education and women’s employment at private and public organizations, the ruling regime has come under massive criticism on national and international levels.
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