The Taliban's Supreme Court announced that the group flogged two people on Wednesday in the Warmi district of Paktika province on charges of having extramarital affairs.

The Taliban said that one of the defendants was sentenced to 39 lashes and the other was given 29 lashes.

According to a statement by the Taliban's Supreme Court, the group sentenced the first defendant to five years in prison and the second defendant to two months in prison.

The Taliban has not commented on the identities of the suspects.

Despite international condemnation, the Taliban government announces the implementation of corporal punishment sentences against defendants almost daily.

Human rights organisations have repeatedly called on the Taliban to end corporal punishment of defendants.