The Taliban's Supreme Court announced that the group's primary court in Nadir Shah Kot district of Khost province had flogged a woman and a man on charges of "moral corruption".

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

According to the court, each of the defendants was sentenced to 39 lashes in public.

The Taliban's Supreme Court wrote in a statement on Thursday, November 21, that the flogging sentences were carried out by local authorities in the courtyard of the primary court of Nadir Shah Kot district in the presence of clients, local officials, and the general public.

Despite the objections of international human rights organisations, the Taliban has continued to torture and give out corporal punishment in Afghanistan. This comes as many humanitarian organisations have expressed concern about the lack of access to a fair trial for the accused in Afghanistan.