The Taliban's Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice announced that the ministry's ombudsman had arrested a woman and a man in Kabul on charges of extramarital affairs.

According to the Law of the Promotion of Virtue, the ministry considers it "immoral" for men and women to speak to each other.

The Taliban's Ministry of Promotion of Virtue reported on Monday, November 18, that those arrested in the fifth security district of Kabul city have been handed over to judicial institutions after conducting investigations.

The Taliban's ombudsmen continue to detain men and women across the country under the group's Law of the Promotion of Virtue, and recently arrested five people in Kandahar on charges of extramarital affairs.

The fate of those detained by the Taliban's Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue usually includes harsh punishments. These people are routinely flogged in public or sent to Taliban prisons.

Although the Taliban's Ministry of Promotion of Virtue does not provide exact details on how the punishments will be meted out, the group's Supreme Court flogs people in public almost every day on charges such as moral corruption and extramarital affairs.