Afghanistan war: Taliban punishes man by painting his face black, parading him on back of ute

Another Afghan has been filmed being subject to a humiliating public punishment, with soldiers parading the alleged thief around on the back of a ute.

The Taliban appears to be continuing its shaming of accused thieves with a video surfacing of a man with a blackened head tied to the back of a car.

The footage, posted to Instagram by UK journalist Rustam Wahab who received it from a contact in Kabul, showed the man with a blackened face standing in the back of a ute.

His hands appear to be tied behind his back and there is a rope around his chest holding him to the car.

A crowd of people surround him, many holding their phones to take photos and videos of the man.

A traffic police officer stands nearby, attempting to wave cars through the crowded street.

The video of the man comes two days after confronting images of the same punishment were broadcast to the world.

Photos taken by journalist Bilal Sarwary showed men tarred in black with nooses tied around their necks, as soldiers paraded them through the streets in Herat.

The two men were flanked by armed soldiers, some of whom appear to be pulling on the ropes.

“Taliban accused these men of theft, their faces were coloured with black colour, to embarrass them and were paraded in Herat city after the Friday prayers,” Mr Sarwary tweeted.

A separate video showed a crowd of people following the men.

Taliban accused these men of theft, their faces were colored with black color - to embarrass them and were paraded in Herat city after the Friday prayers. pic.twitter.com/crLpdK3kCV

— BILAL SARWARY (@bsarwary) August 13, 2021

The black make-up is considered a warning to offenders. Recidivists risk having a hand cut off.

The situation could also be dire for the LGBTI community. A Taliban judge pronounced last month that the penalty for homosexuality would be death under its rule.

“There are only two penalties for gays: Either stoning or he has to stand behind a wall that falls on him. The wall must be 2.5 to 3 meters high,” the judge told German newspaper Bild.

The Taliban is back in control of Afghanistan after a swift insurgency saw them capture Kabul, the nation’s capital, on Sunday.

It’s been 20 years since the Taliban was in power in Afghanistan after the US forced it to flee Kabul in 2001, due to the support it gave al-Qaeda following the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Fears are growing the Taliban is already reintroducing its brutal way of life to Afghanistan.

The Taliban has already announced its plans to bring back Sharia law in Afghanistan, an ultra-strict interpretation of the Islamic tradition.