SAR-I-PUL (Pajhwok): Fifteen men and 2 women have been handed over punishment publicly in northern Sar-i-Pul province for the crimes they had committed, according to a media reports said on Thursday.
State run Bakhtar News Agency quoted from Maulavi Mohammad Yar Mohammad Omari the chief justice of Sar-i-Pul High Court that all the 17 convicts (15 men, 2 women) were punished publicly yesterday afternoon in provincial sports stadium.
The source said that these individuals were convicted for crimes such as adultery, escape from house, sodomy, drugs smuggling and thefts.
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