The Taliban's Supreme Court announced that three people, including a woman, were flogged in Khost province on charges of fleeing from home and kidnapping.

The court stated that the accused were sentenced to 35 lashes and prison terms ranging from one year and six months to three years.

On Thursday, August 29, the Taliban's Supreme Court announced that the group’s court of Ali Shir District in Khost Province publicly punished the three accused with lashes in the presence of the group's judicial officials.

The court did not disclose the identities of the accused.

Previously, on Tuesday, the Taliban had also lashed three individuals in Babaji District of Helmand Province in front of the public. The court sentenced the accused to 30 and 39 lashes and imprisonment ranging from eight months to two years.

Since taking control of power in August 2021, the Taliban has resumed corporal punishments such as lashing, stoning, and executions. The previous Afghan government, due to its commitment to international human rights conventions, had prevented cruel and inhumane punishments.