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Whatever happened to the Taliban threat: 'We will flog the women'?

NPR News 8 Sept 2026 1 views

IN 2024, the ruling Taliban pledged to use flogging as well as stoning to punish people for not following certain of their precepts — committing adultery, running secret schools for girls. Have they followed through?

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