The Kandahar Department of Culture and Information announced on its social media network X handle that the Taliban's appeals court punished five defendants at the city's Ahmad Shahi Stadium on Wednesday, October 9.

The Taliban has already implemented religious rulings in Ghazni, Laghman, Farah and Jawzjan stadiums.

After the implementing the rulings in the stadiums of several other provinces by the Taliban, the Kandahar Stadium, which was renovated with the support of FIFA and sports institutions and made available to Kandahar athletes, witnessed the punishment of the individuals on Wednesday.

The Kandahar Department of Culture and Information announced this news while officials of the Physical Education Department and the Afghan Football Federation, which are in charge of Kandahar Stadium, have not yet commented on the matter.

The Taliban's implementation of Sharia rulings in the presence of a large number of spectators in Afghanistan's stadiums has also drawn criticism from international sports organisations.

According to the international laws of sport and the statutes of the World Football Federation (FIFA), the implementation of such programmes in football stadiums will result in the suspension of the football federations of the countries.