Local media reported that Abdul Wahid Hamas, Taliban’s spokesperson for the Ghor province’s governor, announced that the group had publicly flogged an individual on charges of "moral corruption" in the province.

According to sources, the individual received 39 lashes on Friday in Dowlat Yar district.

The spokesperson did not provide details regarding the gender of the accused or the specific nature of the accusation.

Since the takeover of power in August 2021, the Taliban has reinstated physical punishments, despite widespread protests from human rights defenders both within and outside Afghanistan. The group says that their punishment is based on Sharia.