The Taliban's Supreme Court announced that the group's criminal court in Kandahar has punished a person for robbery in Kandahar by flogging him in public.

The court said in a statement that the individual was sentenced to 39 lashes and two years in prison.

On Saturday, October 12, the Taliban's Supreme Court announced that the group's local court in Kandahar had sentenced a person to flogging in the presence of employees and public.

Despite condemnation of corporal punishment and human dignity by many international human rights organisations, and calls for an end to these types of punishments, the Taliban continues to impose corporal punishment and torture of defendants across Afghanistan.

International organisations emphasise that the Taliban's courts do not respect the principles of fair trial and that the defendants do not have access to a lawyer.