An official in the Taliban announced on Saturday that the movement expelled about three thousand of its members accused of committing abuses, as part of a broad "scrutiny process" launched by the movement since it seized power in Afghanistan.
The Taliban regained control of Afghanistan last August after a 20-year struggle against previous governments backed by the United States and NATO.
Following its pledge of a more moderate style of governance than its regime from 1996 to 2001, the Taliban established a committee to identify its members and those who violate its rules.
"They were insulting the Islamic Emirate. They were excluded during this vetting process so that we can build a clean army and police force in the future," Latifullah Hakimi, head of the committee at the Defense Ministry, told AFP, noting that so far 2,840 members have been dismissed.
Al-Hakimi added that those excluded "were involved in corruption and drugs, and were interfering in people's private lives, and some of them also had links to ISIS (meaning the Islamic State)."
Al-Hakimi explained that the detainees came from 14 states, and that the "liquidation" process would continue in other states.