QALA-I-NAW (Pajhwok): The Taliban have given 70 lashes to a man after he ran away with a woman in Ab Kamari district of northwestern Badghis province, an official said on Saturday.
Col. Ziauddin, the district police chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News the man, a resident of Qarchaq village, had eloped with a woman from the same village to Daizangi village two days ago.
He said the girl was unmarried and the man was engaged and the Taliban arrested them and whipped the man a day . . .
