SHIBERGHAN (Pajhwok): A man and a woman were flogged 39 times each for committing adultery in front of onlookers at a sports stadium in northern Jawzjan province.
Maulvi Abdul Ghani Saeed, head of the appellant court, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the woman and her partner were residents of Darzab district. They were flogged 39 times each for adultery as per the court's order today at a sports stadium in Shiberghan, the provincial capital.
He called the implementation of the Sharia punishment in the society a lesson for the people and to reduce crimes.
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