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The Taliban Supreme Court announced on Saturday that a court in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Logar publicly flogged six people, including a woman, for committing sodomy and extramarital sex. The Supreme Court said that each convict received between 25 and 39 lashings. In addition, three were sentenced to one year in prison and three others to two years. Court officials and residents witnessed the whippings, the statement added. The Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan has seen the reintroduction of corporal punishment, including execution and whipping, for various crimes like murder, …

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