The Taliban flogged dozens of people in public on various charges at the central Sar-e-Pul stadium in northern Afghanistan on Tuesday.

Witnesses told Afghanistan International that the Taliban had punished more than 50 people, including men and women.

On Monday, the Taliban governor's press office in Sar-e-Pul called on the people of the province to attend the stadium to watch the punishment of 52 people.

The statement said that the Taliban's court in Sar-e-Pul is punishing 52 people on various charges. The Taliban's Supreme Court has not yet commented on the charges against the men.

Meanwhile, the Taliban's Supreme Court on Tuesday said that it had punished a man for sexual relations in Sayed Khel district of Parwan province. The court wrote that the defendant was punished with 39 lashes and sentenced to one year and six months imprisonment.