Men and women are publicly whipped for adultery by the Taliban as the group rolls out sharia law across Afghanistan
- Ten men and nine women were each lashed 39 times by the Taliban
- It is believed to be the first large-scale punishment since their return to power
- Fears it could spark stonings and floggings carried out by the group in the 1990s
Women accused of adultery have been publicly lashed by the Taliban as the Islamist group rolls out sharia law across Afghanistan.
Ten men and nine women were each whipped 39 times in the city of Taloqan for alleged adultery and theft, a senior Taliban official said.
It is the first such large-scale use of corporal punishment since the extremists returned to power last year.
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