Calendar of Field Trials (Courts) of Women By the Taliban in Afghanistan
Calendar of Field Trials (Courts) of Women By the Taliban in Afghanistan

In 51 field courts, 94 women and 298 men were publicly sentenced to flogging, imprisonment, shooting and stoning by the Taliban.

Torture, violence and ill-treatment, whipping and shooting of people are rampant in the terrible prisons of the Taliban, far from the eyes of the media and human rights institutions. But besides that, the Taliban has violently punished many people on various charges in field trials in public.

The Afghan Women’s News Agency has collected examples of Taliban field trials that have been published in local, national and international media or by the Taliban court, and local people, Taliban individuals and, in some cases, Taliban leaders have watched the scene of punishment.

According to the Afghan Women’s News Agency calendar, since the Taliban took over the country, 392 people in 23 provinces of the country have been punished by the Taliban in field trials and in public, of which 94 were women and 298 were men.

A woman in Badakhshan was stoned, a woman in Nangarhar was shot, and 92 other women were flogged in field trials and in public on charges of illicit relations, theft, and running away from home.

A total of 298 men were sentenced to death, flogging and imprisonment on charges of illicit sex with women, murder, theft, buying and selling of drugs and alcohol, adultery, and fraud in field trials.

286 men were flogged in public, one man was stoned, one man was executed, and one man in Nangarhar, eight men in Herat, and one man in Baghlan were shot by the Taliban and their bodies were displayed.

The first field trial of the stoning of a woman and a man by the Taliban after gaining power in Afghanistan began in Nesai district of Badakhshan province.
The victim of this incident was a thirty-five-year-old woman named Karima, who was stoned to death on February 14, 2022, in Nesai district of Badakhshan province, on the charge of extramarital sex with a man.
Karima and the man accused of extramarital sex lasted two hours under the blows of stones and whips and then died.

Read other Taliban field courts in 23 provinces of the country below:

Most field trials have taken place in Ghor and Herat provinces.

Seven Field Courts in Ghor Province

On February 23, 2022, the Taliban flogged a man and a woman for having an extramarital affair in the city of Firouzkoh, the center of Ghor province.

On July 20, 2022, the Taliban group whipped a woman and a man for allegedly meeting in public.

On September 5, 2022, the Taliban flogged a girl, 3 boys, and 2 men on various charges, and another boy and girl were flogged and imprisoned on charges of adultery.

On October 12, 2022, the Taliban publicly flogged a girl for running away from home in Dawlatyar district of Ghor province.

On December 4, 2022, the Taliban flogged a woman and six men in the sports stadium of Firouzkoh on charges of illicit relations and drinking alcohol.

On December 15, 2022, the Taliban flogged a woman and 11 men on charges of illicit relations, drinking alcohol, and theft in Firuzkoh city.

On February 7, 2023, the Taliban whipped a woman and five men on the charge of moral corruption and drinking alcoholic beverages, in the stadium of Firouzkoh city, the center of Ghor province.

Seven Field Courts in Herat Province

On January 12, 2022, the Taliban displayed the bullet-riddled body of a man accused of kidnapping with a rope in Gulha Chowk in Herat city.

On April 23, 2022, the Taliban displayed the shot dead bodies of two men accused of robbery in Chowk Shahr No and Chowk Cinema in Herat city.

On July 27, 2022, the Taliban displayed the body of a young man accused of robbery that they shot dead in Herat city.
On December 19, 2022, the Taliban publicly flogged 10 men accused of theft and drug use in Ghorian district of Herat province.

On December 26, 2022, the Taliban flogged 10 men on charges of theft and drug use in Enjil district of Herat.

On February 22, 2023, the Taliban displayed the shot dead bodies of two men accused of armed robbery and resisting the Taliban forces in Herat city.

On February 23, 2023, the Taliban killed two tailors and displayed their bullet-riddled bodies in Al-Mahdi town in Jibril, Herat.

Five Field Courts in Takhar Province

On July 21, 2022, the Taliban whipped a woman in the market for not having a male companion in Dargad Takhar district.

On August 25, 2022, the Taliban publicly flogged a man and a woman in Darqad Takhar district on the charge of illicit relationship and then married them.

On December 11, 2022, the Taliban flogged two women and four men for having an illicit relationship in the mosque of Taleghan city.

On December 11, 2022, the Taliban arrested 7 girls and 9 boys and then flogged the girls for not wearing a burqa and the boys for not being mahram with these girls in the Jame Mosque of Taleghan.

On December 19, 2022, the Taliban publicly flogged 9 women and 10 men on charges of illicit relations, running away from home, and theft in Taleqan city.

Four Field Courts in Badakhshan Province

On February 14, 2022, the Taliban stoned a man and a woman in Nesai district of Badakhshan province, on charges of adultery or illicit relationship.

On August 20, 2022, the Taliban whipped two young women (mother and daughter) due to family disputes in Nesai district of Badakhshan province.

On December 22, 2022, the Taliban group flogged seven women and twenty-nine men on various charges, including extramarital sex, drinking alcohol, and theft in the sports stadium of Faizabad city, Badakhshan province.

On February 17, 2023, the Taliban flogged two women and nine men on charges of moral corruption, illicit relationship and theft in the seventh district of Betash village in Faizabad city.

Three field courts in Nangarhar

On July 31, 2022, the Taliban publicly flogged a woman and 2 men for having an extramarital affair in Jalalabad, the center of Nangarhar.

On September 12, 2022, a man and a woman were shot in public by one of the woman’s family members on the order of the Taliban in Kuzkunar district of Nangarhar province.

On December 8, 2022, the Taliban publicly flogged a woman and two men for having an illicit relationship in Goshta district of Nangarhar.

Two Field Courts in Laghman

On December 27, 2022, the Taliban flogged 2 women and 4 men on charges of illicit sex and theft in Mehtarlam, the center of Laghman, in front of the public.

On December 28, 2022, the Taliban publicly flogged a woman and five men on charges of illicit relations in Qargha district of Laghman.

Two Field Courts in Helmand Province

On December 14, 2022, the Taliban publicly flogged 20 men on accusations of illicit relations and theft at the Lashkargah city stadium in Helmand province.

On December 21, 2022, the Taliban publicly flogged a woman and 11 men on charges of adultery and theft in Helmand’s Nad Ali district.

Field Court in Uruzgan

On February 22, 2022, the Taliban publicly flogged a man accused of having an illicit relationship with a woman in Trinkut city, the capital of Uruzgan province.

On December 22, 2022, the Taliban publicly flogged two women and 19 men on the charges of running away from home, adultery, theft and adultery in the city of Trinkot, the center of Uruzgan.

Two Field Courts in Daikundi Province

On December 3, 2022, the Taliban arrested a woman and 3 men on charges of illicit relations in Gizab district of Daikundi province in the city.

On February 7, 2023, the Taliban whipped two women and a man in Nawe Mish district of Daikundi province on charges of illicit relations and running away from home.

Two Field Courts in Zabul Province

On August 7, 2022, the Taliban publicly flogged two women and one man for having an illicit relationship and at the same time two other men in the city of Qalat for theft.

On December 14, 2022, the Taliban flogged two women and five men on charges of adultery or illicit relationship, running away from home, adultery and theft in the sports stadium of Qalat city.

Two Field Courts in Kapisa

On September 20, 2022, the Taliban whipped 2 women and 2 men on the charge of illicit relationship in Hessa Aval district of Kapisa province.

On December 18, 2022, the Taliban publicly flogged 2 women and 4 men on accusations of illicit relations, running away from home, stealing and selling drugs in Shirwani Bazaar of Najarab Kapisa district.

A Field Court in Kabul Province

On December 1, 2022, the Taliban publicly flogged 6 women and 15 men on charges of illicit sex, drinking, running away from home, adultery, and theft in Kabul. The Taliban did not say anything about the exact location of this court.

A Field Court in Bamyan Province

On November 11, 2022, the Taliban flogged a young boy and girl in the Shahid Mazari sports field, accusing them of having an extramarital relationship.

A Field Court in Baghlan Province

On December 19, 2022, the Taliban displayed the body of a man accused of robbery in Pul Khumri city, the capital of Baghlan Province.

A Field Court in Paktika Province

On December 21, 2022, the Taliban publicly flogged three people accused of theft in Wazekhah district of Paktika.

A field court in Parwan

On December 8, 2022, the Taliban publicly flogged 10 women and 17 men on charges of forgery, prostitution, drug sales, and adultery in Parwan.

A Field Court in Jawzjan Province

On December 18, 2022, the Taliban flogged 3 women and 19 men on charges of theft, illicit relations, running away from home, and selling drugs at Marshal Dostum Stadium in Shaberghan city.

A Field Court in Khost Province

On December 5, 2022, the Taliban publicly flogged 5 men on charges of illicit relationships, drinking alcohol, theft, and buying and selling drugs in Ismailkhel and Mandozai districts of Khost province.

A Field Court in Ghazni Province

On October 2, 2022, the Taliban publicly flogged 6 men on charges of illicit relationship and theft in the Ghajur market of Jaguri district.

A Field Court in Kandahar Province

On December 22, 2022, the Taliban flogged 3 men accused of extramarital sex and theft in Kandahar city.

A Field Court in Kunduz Province

On December 22, 2022, the Taliban flogged 4 women and 6 men on the charge of adultery or illicit relationship, running away from home, and theft at Khurshid Stadium in Imam Sahib district of Kunduz province.

A Field Court in Logar Province

On November 23, 2022, the Taliban publicly flogged 3 women and 9 men on accusations of sex, theft, and fornication in the sports stadium of Pul Alam city, the center of Logar province.

A Field Court in Farah Province

On December 7, 2022, the Taliban shot a man accused of murder in a sports stadium in the capital of Farah province.

A Field Court in Sarpol Province

On February 21, 2023, the Taliban publicly flogged 14 men and 9 women on accusations of illicit relations, theft, running away from home, gambling and drinking alcohol in the sports field in the second district of Sarpol city.

Afghan Women’s News Agency

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