The Taliban's Supreme Court announced that it had sentenced four people, including a woman, to 39 lashes in public in Sayed Khel district of Parwan province.

The court said in a statement on Monday that the men were convicted of running away from home and having same-sex relations.

A statement from the Taliban's Supreme Court said that a woman and a man were sentenced to 39 lashes for running away from home and two other men for same-sex relations.

According to the court's statement, two of the defendants were sentenced to six months in prison and the other two were sentenced to one year in prison.

Also on Sunday, the Taliban flogged a man in Faryab province for allegedly having extra-marital affairs.

Despite the objections of international human rights organisations, the Taliban continues to punish and torture defendants in public.