HORRIFYING MOMENY TWO STARVING AFGHAN BOYS ARE LASHED TO A WOODEN BY THE TALIBAN FOR STEALING BREAD.

 Horrifying moment two starving Afghan boys are lashed to a wooden post by the Taliban for stealing bread.

The jihadi militia's ruthless regime is cracking down with new medieval-style laws after they surged back to power in Afghanistan after the withdrawal of forces by the US.

It comes as last week top Taliban leaders pledged to resurrect harsh physical punishments, including chopping off the hands of convicted thieves.

And it has also been revealed that the regime has circulated edicts to barber shops and bath houses in the nation banning the trimming of beards.

Pictures show the two painfully-thin looking boys in Afghanistan tied to a wooden post - but it is unclear when and where it was taken.

The image was shared by Dawod Zai, who runs the Afghan welfare charity the Bin Dawod Foundation.

He said: “Bread thieves! Taliban have arrested two teenage boy for stealing bread from a bakery.

“One of them told a local journalist, ‘my family did not eat in past 3 days, i am sorry if i took that bread without permission, but i had to. There is no job & no food, what would i've done?’"

Afghanistan is facing a hunger crisis as the World Food Programme estimated 93 per cent of Afghans are not getting enough food to eat.

Millions live in desperate poverty and the Taliban takeover saw life grind to a halt as banks closed and businesses shut down.

Other disturbing pictures uploaded by Mr Zai also show a teenage boy being whipped by an older man.

As he is flogged, another male – flanked by armed fighters – appears to be reading an edict from a sheet of paper.

Mr Zai said of the pictures: “A child being tortured by the #Taliban Terrorists.The physical pain will be forgotten soon but the psychological impact of this barbarism will have a long lasting impact on his life & it will be difficult to be cured.”