{
  "id": 6285720,
  "title": "Whatever happened to the Taliban threat: 'We will flog the women'?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/whatever-happened-to-the-taliban-threat-we-will-flog-the-women-6285720",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-08T13:01:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "NPR",
    "slug": "npr",
    "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/09/08/g-s1-142038/taliban-afghanistan-public-flogging"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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?",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}