Taliban fighters now ‘flogging’ people in the streets for wearing western clothing

Taliban fighters are reportedly flogging Afghan civilians within the streets for carrying ‘westernised’ clothes comparable to denims following their takeover of Afghanistan.

A number of civilians have posted on social media they’d been crushed and whipped by members of the Taliban for carrying denims after being accused of disrespecting Islam.

One social media put up says the boys had been ‘strolling with mates in Kabul,’ after they had been confronted by Taliban troopers. Two of their mates escaped, the youth stated, however the others had been held at gunpoint they usually had been crushed and whipped on the street.

A Taliban official advised native newspaper Etilaatroz that the motion was nonetheless deciding on the costume code for males, however stories recommend the Taliban is unwilling to permit ‘westernised’ clothes that deviates from conventional ‘Afghan costume’.

The Telegraph reported earlier that gross sales of burqas have surged in Afghanistan amid a two-fold enhance in costs.

Etilaatroz newspaper additionally reported over the weekend that one in all its journalists had additionally been crushed for not carrying ‘Afghan garments’ comparable to full-body robes, in accordance with a report within the Telegraph.

Beneath the Taliban’s earlier rule within the late 90s, males needed to put on conventional robes whereas women had been compelled to put on a burqa from the age of eight.

This comes after human rights group Amnesty Worldwide revealed that Taliban fighters massacred 9 ethnic Hazara males after taking management of the nation’s Ghazni province final month.

In one other revenge killing, one regional police chief who stood in opposition to the Taliban was executed in chilly blood by the jihadist group, native stories say.