Kabul [Afghanistan], July 19 (ANI): Afghanistan‘s Supreme Court on Tuesday said that two individuals have been publically flogged in the eastern province of Laghman, Khaama Press reported.
The Khaama Press News Agency is an online news service for Afghanistan.

The two men received 30 lashes each after being accused of “having affairs” and being detained.

The individuals in addition received a one-year prison sentence, which increased the severity of their penalty. Earlier, six people allegedly accused of abducting women and rape were publicly flogged in a football stadium in the Kandahar province.
Taliban’s Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada had previously ordered judges to implement “Sharia law and retribution” throughout Afghanistan, according to Khaama Press.
The implementation of lashing was vehemently opposed both in Afghanistan and overseas, and some human rights organizations called it “hateful” and said it went against human values.
As per Khaama Press, the Taliban has its priorities regarding domestic issues in Afghanistan, despite the intense pressure from the international community to respect human rights, the rights of Afghan women and girls, and religious and ethnic minorities.
The Taliban has publicly flogged close to 300 people since November 2022 on various allegations, according to figures from the UN. (ANI)

Afghanistan: Badakhshan residents express concern about military personnel without uniforms

Kabul [Afghanistan], July 19 (ANI): Some residents of Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province have said they are worried about military personnel without uniforms in their province, TOLO News reported.
TOLO News is an Afghan news channel broadcasting from Kabul.

Badakhshan residents said it is challenging to distinguish between official military personnel and others due to the lack of uniforms.
As per residents, the distribution of uniforms is a serious need and officials should pay serious attention to the matter.
A resident of Badakhshan, Ahmad Shekib, said: “They must have uniforms and proper clothes. In every area we go, there is a gun on someone’s shoulder and it stops us. We do not understand who they are and from which region and which field they belong.”

“Soldiers who work illegally are not wearing uniforms and disturb people in the city and market,” said Khodabakhsh, another Badakhshan resident.
The residents of Badakhshan want the Taliban to distribute uniforms to the military forces.
“We say to the Taliban that the police should have uniforms. The army must have army uniforms and security must have security uniforms so that everyone knows in which department they are,” said Aslam, a Badakhshan resident, as per TOLO News.
Badakhshan’s security commander, however, said that the responsible security forces in this province wear military uniforms and the people who are with civilian clothes belong to the local commanders.
“Our soldiers have received their uniforms from the Taliban‘s Ministry of Interior. All of them are at the checkpoints with the uniform of the Islamic Emirate. There are units of people belonging to many of the commanders who enter the city, they don’t have uniforms,” said Abdul Wasil Abuzar, Badakhshan province security commander, as per TOLO News.
The Taliban’s security officials had previously said that they will distribute military uniforms to all the soldiers of the country. (ANI)