Taliban militants have whipped a man and a woman for eloping from Afghanistan's northern Faryab province.
"The incident happened in the Bandar area of Kohistanat district, an area under the control of Taliban," provincial police spokesman Karim Yurish told dpa.
The couple had fled to the province of Ghor in western Afghanistan after their marriage was denied by the families, but they were later brought back with the intervention of elders, Yurish said.
"On Monday afternoon, Taliban militants lashed them in a public trial," the spokesman added.
As the Taliban expand their territory and influence, public trials, or so-called desert courts, by the Islamist insurgent group have become increasing common in areas under the militants' control.
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On February 14, the Taliban stoned a young man to death on charges of adultery in the province of Sar-e-Pul in the country's north.
