Taliban lash 12 people before stadium crowd in Afghanistan

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Taliban lash 12 people before stadium crowd in Afghanistan

By RAHIM FAIEZ
November 23, 2022

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban lashed three women and nine men in front of hundreds of spectators in a provincial sports stadium Wednesday, signaling the religious extremist group’s resumption of a brutal form of punishment that was a hallmark of their rule in the 1990s.

The office of the governor of Logar province, south of the capital of Kabul, invited “honorable scholars, mujahideen, elders, tribal leaders and local people” to the stadium in the town of Pul Alam in Logar. The invitations for the 9 a.m. event were extended via social media.

Those being punished received between 21 and 39 lashes each, after being convicted in a local court of theft and adultery, said an official in the governor’s office who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not allowed to share details with the media.

The official said hundreds of people attended the lashings and that a ban was imposed on taking photos and video.

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[Effete Snob]

1. What year do they get the World Cup?

[reymega life]

2. crickets from the media

[jimfields33]

4. Of course, there's gonna be crickets from the media.

They helped in getting us in there for 20 years, over 20 years. When Afghanistan kicked us out, we no longer can tell Afghanistan what to do. the media would look ridiculous complaining.

[jimfields33]

3. Look. We were there over 20 years. the population wanted us to leave.

This is what the people of Afghanistan want. I don’t think we should go back in to Afghanistan again. first of all that would piss off our country population, but Afghanistan population as well, after they finally got rid of us. what’s happening is awful. but, again that’s what the population wants.

[Irish_Dem]

5. Public torture, perhaps death.