In Afghanistan, corporal punishment is prohibited in schools, but it is still lawful in the home, in alternative and day care settings, in penal institutions, and as a sentence for crimes.
According to United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), all recent recorded instances of judicial corporal punishment have been lashings.
UNAMA reports that, since the Taliban takeover in August 2021 until November 2022, at least eighteen instances of judicial corporal punishment have been carried out in Afghanistan.
[7] Some kangaroo courts in the past have also ordered flogging for alcohol use, although a BBC report has claimed that this is rare.
An investigation occurred and the three men who carried out the lashing were arrested, however, the woman was found guilty of "unknown charges" by the kangaroo court.