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DEC3-05262025-A

Taliban in Kunar carried out imprisonment and flogging sentences against sixteen individuals for offenses including sodomy, theft, drug use, and alleged moral misconduct.

DEC3-05252025

Taliban in Badakhshan publicly carried out flogging against a woman accused of adultery.

DEC3-05242025-A

Taliban in Laghman carried out imprisonment and flogging sentences against ten individuals convicted or accused of unlawful relations, highway robbery, and theft.

DEC3-05242025-B

Taliban in Kabul carried out imprisonment and flogging sentences against eleven individuals convicted of narcotics-related offenses.

DEC3-05222025

Taliban in Takhar carried out imprisonment and flogging sentences against individuals convicted of unlawful relations and theft.

DEC3-05212025

Taliban in Daykundi publicly carried out imprisonment and flogging sentences against a man and woman for alleged illicit sexual relations.

DEC3-05202025-A

A woman and a man were punished by the court in Kunduz province.

DEC3-05202025-B

Taliban in Khost carried out imprisonment and flogging sentences against six individuals, including two women, for alleged adultery and sodomy.

DEC3-05202025-C

Taliban in Kabul carried out imprisonment and flogging sentences against twelve individuals convicted of narcotics-related offenses.

DEC3-05192025-A

A woman and six men were punished by the court in Kabul province.

DEC3-05192025-B

A woman and two men were punished by the court in Logar province.

DEC3-05182025

Taliban carried out imprisonment and public flogging sentences against five individuals (four men and one woman) in Ghazni province for alcohol consumption and alleged...

DEC3-05152025

Taliban courts in Parwan imposed imprisonment and public flogging on five individuals, including one woman, for adultery.

DEC7-05152025

The Taliban compelled several TikTok / X users to publicly repent.

DEC11-05132025

Taliban courts in Kapisa imposed imprisonment and public flogging on six individuals, including two women, for charges related to fleeing home, unlawful relations, sodomy,...

DEC3-05132025

Taliban courts in Logar publicly administered lashings to four individuals, including two women, for alleged illicit relationships and sodomy.

DEC7-04172025

The Committee to Protect Journalists reports that the Taliban have re-arrested a journalist for the second time in Kabul.

DEC11-04162025

Taliban courts in Uruzgan publicly enforced corporal punishment and long prison sentences for 15 individuals for moral offenses such as adultery, sodomy, robbery, and...

DEC3-04112025

The Taliban publicly executed four men for murder in three Afghan provinces on the same day following Supreme Court announcements and leader confirmation.

DEC3-03232025

A woman and a man were publicly flogged and sentenced to imprisonment in Ghazni Province following Supreme Court announcements for alleged “moral corruption.”

DEC3-03162025

A former woman detainee reported sexual abuse, humiliation, and coercion by Taliban authorities during detention for protesting and speaking to the media in Balkh...

DEC11-03022025-B

A young man died in Taliban custody in Takhar Province after four days of detention, with visible signs of torture observed on his body.

DEC3-03022025

Three individuals were publicly flogged and sentenced to imprisonment in Nangarhar Province following court rulings for alleged illicit relationships.

DEC3-02272025-A

Three individuals were publicly sentenced to imprisonment and corporal punishment in Takhar Province following court rulings for alleged adultery.

DEC3-02272025-B

Five women and eight men were publicly sentenced to imprisonment and corporal punishment in Jawzjan Province following court rulings for alleged adultery and illicit...

DEC3-02262025

Three individuals were sentenced to imprisonment and corporal punishment in Nangarhar Province following court rulings for alleged sodomy.

DEC3-02252025

Six individuals were subjected to public discretionary punishment in Laghman Province following court rulings presented as moral and social enforcement.

DEC3-02242025-A

A woman and two men were publicly sentenced to imprisonment and corporal punishment in Bamyan Province following court rulings for fleeing from home and...

DEC3-02242025-B

A woman and two men were sentenced to imprisonment and corporal punishment in Herat Province following court rulings for alleged illicit relations.

DEC3-02242025-C

The Taliban publicly flogged 18 individuals, including four women, in Khost Province following court rulings for alleged same-sex and extramarital relations.