LASHKARGAH/QALAT (Pajhwok): Twenty-seven people including women after being convicted of various crimes by courts were publicly flogged in southern Helmand and Zabul provinces.
Maulvi Mohammad Qasim Riaz, Deputy Director of Information and Culture Department of Helmand province, told Pajhwok Afghan News the 20 men accused of robbery and illicit relations were whipped in public after being convicted.
This is the first time convicts are publicly flogged in Helmand after the caretaker government’s coming to power.
Earlier, such corporal punishments had been given to criminals by courts in different provinces, including Kabul.
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