
Taliban flog 12 Afghans, including women, for adultery, eloping
Ayaz Gul VOA News January 23, 2025 Islamabad — Taliban justice officials in Afghanistan said Thursday that 12 people, including two women, had been publicly flogged this week after being tried and charged with adultery, sodomy, eloping, and having “illicit relations.” The regime’s Supreme Court announced the punishments, saying they were carried out in the southeastern