Taliban militants in northern Afghanistan stoned a young couple to
death for adultery this weekend. Rights group said the stoning was the
first confirmed use of the punishment in the country since the hardline
Islamist regime was ousted in 2001.
The stoning appeared to arise from an affair between a married man
and a single woman in Kunduz province’s Dasht-e-Archi district. They
were staying in a friend’s home after running away together when Taliban
operatives discovered them and stoned them to death in front a crowd of
about 150 men on Sunday, Aqyar said.
Amnesty International said it was the first confirmed stoning in
Afghanistan since the fall of Taliban rule in the 2001 U.S.-led
invasion.
International rights groups representatives have recently warned that
attempts to negotiate with the Taliban to bring peace to Afghanistan
could mean a step backward for human rights in the country.
Death by stoning is a legal punishment in some countries, like Iran,
which justify it under Shariah, or Islamic law.
Last month, Iran’s religious authorities called off the planned
stoning of a woman convicted of cheating on her husband. Sakineh
Mohammadi Ashtiani’s sentence, which would have been Iran’s first
stoning since 2008, was lifted following a campaign by politicians,
rights groups, diplomats, and celebrities around the world.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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