Kandahar: The Taliban publicly flogged nine of those convicted of robbery and “asexual relations” at Ahmed Shahi Stadium in Kandahar on Tuesday.
“The Supreme Court in a statement sentenced nine people accused of looting and ‘asexuality’ at Kandahar’s Ahmed Shahi Stadium on Tuesday,” TOLO News reported.
Local officials and Kandahar residents were present during the fighting.
Haji Zaid, spokesman for the provincial governor, said the convicts were given 35-39 lashes.
Meanwhile, Shabnam Nasimi, former policy advisor to the Afghan resettlement minister and minister for refugees in the UK, said the Taliban allegedly chopped off the hands of four people at a football stadium in Kandahar.
“The Taliban reportedly cut off the hands of 4 men accused of theft in front of spectators at a football stadium in Kandahar today. People are being beaten, mutilated and killed in Afghanistan without a fair trial and due process.” being put in. It is a human rights violation,” she said.
Despite international condemnation, the Taliban has resumed floggings and public executions of criminals following an order from the hardliners’ supreme leader.