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A court in Afghanistan’s northern province of Parwan has punished four convicts for allegedly committing sodomy, the Taliban’s Supreme Court said on Monday. According to a statement from the Supreme Court, three of the defendants were given one-year prison terms along with 39 lashes each, while one received a two-year prison sentence and the same number of lashes. The statement did not clarify whether the punishment was carried out publicly. Since the Taliban regained control in Afghanistan, they have reinstated corporal punishment, including executions and lashings, for offences such as murde…

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