Afghan woman stoned to death for 'adultery'

[Little Tich]

Source: Yahoo! News / AFP

A young Afghan woman was stoned to death after being accused of adultery, officials said Tuesday, a medieval punishment apparently recorded in a video that harks back to the dark days of Taliban rule.

The 30-second clip run in Afghan media shows a woman in a hole in the ground as turbaned men gather around and hurl stones at her with chilling nonchalance.

The woman, named by officials as Rokhsahana and aged between 19 and 21, is heard repeating the shahada, or Muslim profession of faith, her voice growing increasingly high-pitched as stones strike her with sickening thuds.

The killing took place about a week ago in a Taliban-controlled area just outside Firozkoh, the capital of central Ghor province, officials said, confirming the video which was sourced and released by international broadcaster Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/graphic-video-shows-afghan-woman-stoned-death-eloping-071332458.html

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[bkkyosemite]

1. Castrate the Bastards!

[BlueJazz]

2. I'm outraged but can't watch it. These people shouldn't be allowed on our planet.

[riversedge]

7. same here. I can not watch.

[weetie]

3. oh, god

we've spent 14 years there and countless lives have been lost or destroyed on both sides so that we can just be back where we started? why?

[dflprincess]

6. Prior to our involvement the U.S. did not make it easy for Afghan women to receive political asylum

I wonder if we'll at least lighten up and give them refuge.

[Live and Learn]

4. Disgusting. nt

[niyad]

5. and we are there propping up these woman-hating bastards. notice that MEN do not get stoned

for adultery. and notice, no trial, merely an ACCUSATION. hate-filled, ignorant murdering bastards.

[3catwoman3]

8. Nothing ever happens to...

...the men.

[niyad]

9. the patriarchy thrives.

[BlueJazz]

11. I can't even watch the atrocity. That rage/fantasy thing.

It's hell to feel so powerless about something so important.

[hughee99]

21. Is the US propping up the taliban? n/t

[polly7]

10. And apparently the 'adultery' was trying to elope with a man who wasn't the

one to whom she'd been arranged by her family to be married to. The man was given so many lashes .... I can't remember the number.

Just evil.

[DustyJoe]

12. So many deaths

Let's hear a 'rah rah Islam'
barbarians !

[niyad]

13. just to point out that there are certain sects in THIS country (not muslim) who believe in

death for adulterous women (not men!) they just haven't got the guts to actually do it openly. and perhaps we could look at domestic violence stats in this country. we have absolutely NOTHING to be proud of when it comes to the treatment of women in THIS country, nothing to feel superior about.

[dembotoz]

22. once again i wish du had the ability to rec a single response

[niyad]

23. thank you. actually, will now post it as its own op--that should get some interesting

reactions.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027318430

[mwrguy]

14. They'll stop this sort of thing once they get settled in Germany

[smirkymonkey]

18. No they won't.

There is just a better chance that they will be punished for it.

[blackspade]

15. Disgusting. It makes me sick.

[Liberal_in_LA]

16. me too!

[Pumpkin2015]

17. This kind of stuff enrages me to no end.

I served in Afghanistan and women and children are treated horribly. Dogs and other animals are treated beyond horribly.

It is a truly violent culture devoid of humanity. There are no words that can capably describe the utter, utter horror that is Afghanistan everyday, all day long.

[smirkymonkey]

19. Having served there for a while, do you have any idea as to why they might be like that?

There are other cultures that live in extreme poverty, but are not so violent, so it can't just be about poverty.

[onecent]

20. Barbarians.....I don't

believe in hell, but if there is one, I hope they are in it.

[Sunlei]

24. I wish America had open, INSTANT "humanitarian visas" for all such oppressed people.