The Taliban announce: 'We will stone adulteresses in public' - Breaking news. The Taliban have announced that they will begin stoning to death in public women accused of adultery.

Addressing Western officials in a voice message broadcast on state TV, the supreme leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, announced that the group would begin enforcing its interpretation of Sharia law in Afghanistan, including reintroducing public flogging and stoning of women for adultery. The British media reported it.