The Taliban have sentenced a man named Abdul Aleem Khamosh, a resident of Janikhel district in Paktika province, to death on charges of “insulting Islamic sanctities and the Prophet Muhammad.”

Saif-ul-Islam Khyber, spokesman for the Taliban’s Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, announced the verdict today (Thursday) in a post on X. He stated that Abdul Aleem was arrested by the ministry’s forces and has “confessed” to his alleged crime.

The spokesman did not specify when or where the execution would take place.

Khyber further wrote that, in the Taliban’s view, “insulting the sanctities, Sharia, and the Prophet” undermines the spirit of the Islamic community and constitutes a grave sin.

This comes as the Taliban have carried out several public executions in recent months. In March alone, four men were executed in public in Farah, Badghis, and Nimroz provinces on various charges. Reports indicate that in nearly four years of Taliban rule, at least ten people have been executed publicly in different provinces on various accusations.