Arbitrary Punishment

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DEC3-11112025-A

Taliban authorities publicly flogged an individual for “moral corruption” in Ghor Province.

DEC3-11112025-B

Taliban authorities publicly flogged fourteen individuals, including one woman, for a range of offenses in Nangarhar Province.

DEC3-11092025

Taliban authorities publicly flogged two individuals accused of same-sex conduct in Laghman Province.

DEC11-11042025

Taliban authorities published forced confessions of detained journalists to intimidate and suppress independent media.

DEC5-10292025

An individual was publicly flogged with 39 lashes in Balkh province following a court ruling for transporting alcoholic beverages.

DEC3-10282025

Taliban authorities publicly flogged four individuals, including two women, for “moral corruption” in Ghor Province.

DEC3-10212025

Taliban authorities publicly flogged an individual for illicit relations and “moral corruption” in Kapisa Province.

DEC3-10192025

Taliban authorities publicly flogged and imprisoned two individuals for illicit relations in Faryab Province.

DEC3-10162025

Taliban authorities publicly executed a man in a stadium in Badghis under qiṣāṣ after approval by senior leadership.

DEC3-10082025-A

Taliban authorities publicly flogged two individuals, including a woman, for “fleeing from home” in Takhar Province

DEC11-10082025

Taliban authorities publicly flogged and imprisoned an individual for “moral corruption” in Ghazni Province.

DEC3-10082025-B

Taliban authorities publicly flogged and imprisoned three individuals, including two accused of theft, in Khost Province

DEC3-10072025

Taliban authorities publicly flogged and imprisoned five individuals, including two women, for alleged illicit relations and sodomy in Kapisa Province.

DEC3-09282025

Taliban authorities sentenced six individuals to imprisonment and flogging for drug trafficking offenses in Kabul Province.

DEC3-09252025

Taliban authorities publicly flogged thirteen individuals, including six women, for fleeing from home and illicit relations in Kapisa Province.

DEC3-09242025

Taliban authorities sentenced two individuals, including a woman, to imprisonment and flogging for “running away from home” in Kabul.

DEC3-09232025

Taliban authorities sentenced seventeen individuals to imprisonment and flogging for drug and alcohol-related offenses in Kabul Province.

DEC3-09112025

Taliban authorities publicly flogged and imprisoned eleven individuals, including four women, for illicit relations and theft-related accusations in Takhar Province.

DEC3-09092025

Taliban authorities publicly flogged and imprisoned two individuals for sodomy in Ghazni Province.

DEC7-09082025

A Taliban official publicly admitted that the group intended to kill journalists, describing them as traitors and acknowledging pursuit and killings.

DEC11-09072025

Taliban forces reportedly beat a woman at a checkpoint in Badakhshan after she resisted an order to remove her hijab.

DEC3-09072025

Taliban authorities sentenced an individual to imprisonment and flogging for adultery in Takhar Province.

DEC3-09032025

Taliban forces reportedly executed an NRF resistance commander in Baghlan and withheld his body while conducting intimidation operations against local residents.

DEC3-09022025

Taliban publicly flogged and imprisoned a woman for unlawful marriage in Jawzjan Province.

DEC2-08282025

The Taliban have directed local community leaders to report any secretly operating women’s beauty salons in Kabul.

DEC3-08272025

Taliban authorities publicly flogged and imprisoned two individuals, including one woman, for illicit relations in Jawzjan province.

DEC2-08262025

The Taliban have closed women’s goods stores in Khost province.

DEC3-08252025

Taliban authorities publicly flogged and imprisoned twelve individuals, including two women, for morality and drug-related offenses in Parwan province.

DEC3-08232025

Taliban authorities in Faryab publicly carried out imprisonment and flogging sentences against two individuals accused of theft.

DEC3-08222025

The Taliban executed a man by firing squad in Herat province and displayed his body in the city.