The Taliban has publicly flogged two people on charges of "moral corruption" and robbery in Paktika and Kunduz provinces.

The Taliban's Supreme Court said in a statement on Tuesday, January 28, that it had sentenced a man in Paktika to 39 lashes and six years in prison.

The court also announced that the group's primary court in Aliabad district of Kunduz province sentenced another person to one year in prison and sentenced him to 39 lashes.

Statistics from the Taliban's Supreme Court and statements by the group's officials in various provinces show that the Taliban has publicly flogged nearly 600 people and executed six others last year.

Despite strong opposition from international human rights organisations, the Taliban has continued to carry out corporal punishment of defendants across Afghanistan.