Sharia in Afghanistan
Taliban hit 27 people with sticks
12/08/2022 10:04 p.m
Under the sign of Islamic law, Taliban rule in Afghanistan is rapidly turning into a regime of terror. A day after a public execution, 27 people in a province of the country are being beaten with a cane for “indecency”. There are also nine women among them.
A day after the public execution of a man, the radical Islamic Taliban in Afghanistan publicly punished 27 people with blows with sticks. The Supreme Court said nine of the 27 “criminals” were women. They each received between 20 and 39 lashes in Charikar, the capital of Parvan province.
According to the court, they had been convicted of, among other things, “indecency”, false testimony, forgery, drug trafficking, “debauchery”, robbery and “illegal relationships”. More than 1,000 people watched the execution of the sentence in a stadium, an eyewitness told the AFP news agency.
Taliban spokesman Sabihullah Mujahid rejected criticism of the punitive action. This shows a lack of “respect for the faith, the laws and the internal affairs of Muslims”. Each of the “criminals” confessed their “crimes” to the court and “was satisfied with their punishment,” the court said.
Execution by retaliation
A day earlier, the Taliban had publicly executed a person for the first time since returning to power. The man convicted of murder was shot dead by the victim’s father in front of several hundred people in Farah province, according to the Taliban. The execution was carried out according to the principle of retaliation permitted under Islamic law.
In mid-November, Taliban leader Hibatullah Achundsada called on the country’s judges to fully implement Islamic law and its catalog of punishments – including public executions, stoning and flogging, as well as the amputation of limbs in the case of thieves.
When the radical Islamic Taliban took power again in August last year, they initially announced that they wanted to be less harsh than during their first rule from 1996 to 2001. However, the militia is now becoming more and more radical.