Taliban criticizes United Nations over rebuke of mass public flogging – By Simon Druker (UPI) / Nov 26, 2022
Nov. 26 (UPI) — The Taliban fired back at the United Nations on Saturday after the U.N. Human Rights Office criticized Afghanistan’s first public flogging in decades.
Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman for Afghanistan’s government, called the agency’s condemnation of the floggings “disrespectful” to Islam
The Taliban lashed the 14 people in an outdoor stadium in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, marking a return to public punishment by the Islamic fundamentalist group, which seized power once again in August 2021.
Corporal punishment in sports venues was common when the regime last ruled the country in the 1990s.
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