From Jihad Watch:
Afghanistan: Mother and daughter stoned, shot to death for "moral deviation and adultery"
Local officials blamed the Taliban, but "neighbours did not help or inform the authorities on time." This report follows the revelation that half of the women in Afghan jails are there for "moral crimes," and below, it would appear that local clerics have launched a paranoid witchhunt against "adultery."
"Afghanistan mother and daughter stoned and shot dead," from BBC News, November 11 (thanks to all who sent this in):
The officials blamed the Taliban, who they said had accused the women of "moral deviation and adultery".
The police said two men had been arrested in connection with the murder.
The attack was only 300m from the governor's office in Ghazni city, which is on a list of places to be transferred to Afghan security control.
Taliban grip
The incident happened on Thursday in the Khawaja Hakim area of Ghazni city, where the family lived.
The BBC's Bilal Sarwary in Kabul says it is close to the governor's office, the police chief's office and a Western-backed Provincial Reconstruction Team.
Security officials said armed men entered the house where the young widow lived with her daughter and took them out to the yard, where they were initially stoned and then shot dead.
"Neighbours did not help or inform the authorities on time," an official said.
Officials said a number of religious leaders in the city had been issuing fatwas (Islamic religious edicts) asking people to report any one who was "involved in adultery".
In October last year, a woman accused of murdering her mother-in-law was killed by the Taliban in Ghazni.
Ghazni has seen an upsurge in violence in recent years.
Strategically located on the route between Kabul and Kandahar, the province was once a centre of trade.
Ghazni city is on the list for the second tranche of areas to be transferred from Nato to Afghan control but critics say the government is struggling to secure it.
Posted by Marisol on November 11, 2011 8:48 AM
Afghanistan: Mother and daughter stoned, shot to death for "moral deviation and adultery"
Local officials blamed the Taliban, but "neighbours did not help or inform the authorities on time." This report follows the revelation that half of the women in Afghan jails are there for "moral crimes," and below, it would appear that local clerics have launched a paranoid witchhunt against "adultery."
"Afghanistan mother and daughter stoned and shot dead," from BBC News, November 11 (thanks to all who sent this in):
The officials blamed the Taliban, who they said had accused the women of "moral deviation and adultery".
The police said two men had been arrested in connection with the murder.
The attack was only 300m from the governor's office in Ghazni city, which is on a list of places to be transferred to Afghan security control.
Taliban grip
The incident happened on Thursday in the Khawaja Hakim area of Ghazni city, where the family lived.
The BBC's Bilal Sarwary in Kabul says it is close to the governor's office, the police chief's office and a Western-backed Provincial Reconstruction Team.
Security officials said armed men entered the house where the young widow lived with her daughter and took them out to the yard, where they were initially stoned and then shot dead.
"Neighbours did not help or inform the authorities on time," an official said.
Officials said a number of religious leaders in the city had been issuing fatwas (Islamic religious edicts) asking people to report any one who was "involved in adultery".
In October last year, a woman accused of murdering her mother-in-law was killed by the Taliban in Ghazni.
Ghazni has seen an upsurge in violence in recent years.
Strategically located on the route between Kabul and Kandahar, the province was once a centre of trade.
Ghazni city is on the list for the second tranche of areas to be transferred from Nato to Afghan control but critics say the government is struggling to secure it.
Posted by Marisol on November 11, 2011 8:48 AM
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