Kabul , Afghanistan ( CNN ) -- The Taliban stoned to death a man and a woman in northern Afghanistan for allegedly having an affair , officials said Monday . The stoning took place Sunday in Dasht-e-Archi district , in the village of Mullah Qali -- a village dominated by the Taliban in Kunduz province . The pair was accused of having an illicit sexual relationship , a spokesman for the Kunduz governor said . Final verdict postponed for Iranian woman facing stoning . The woman was about 20 years old and the man was about 27 , said Mohammed Ayuob , district governor of Amam Sahib , which is also in Kunduz province . The woman was engaged , and the man was married to another woman . The two had been held by the Taliban for about a week , Ayuob said . CNN 's Mati Matiullah contributed to this report .
The stoning took place in an Afghan village dominated by the Taliban . A spokesman for the Taliban, Zabihullah Mujahid, said that he had no knowledge of any such incident and denied reports that it was carried out on a religious basis.