On one side you got the Taliban, on the other side you have the US led NATO forces, in the middle you have the people, and most especially the women, of Afghanistan. Where, oh where, in their some sort of, at least, progressive force to support. You know there are such folks in Afghanistan, but whether or not they exist in an organized fashion capable of battling everybody else, well, you tell me. What I would give to hear of something called the People's Revolutionary Front of Afghanistan...
In the meantime...after nine years of war...
The following is from RAWA.
Taliban Hang a 47-year Old Woman
The source further added that the execution sentence for the woman was passed by one of the judges of the Taliban in the area called Ahmad
By Abdul Latif Ayubi
Armed Taliban hung a 47-year old woman in the Qaadis District of Badghis Province.
The Taliban accused Sanubar of having an "illicit affair" that left her pregnant. She was first punished with 200 lashes in public before being shot, deputy provincial police chief Ghulam Mohammad Sayeedi told AFP.
"She was shot in the head in public while she was still pregnant," Sayeedi said.
"She was shot in the head in public while she was still pregnant," Sayeedi said.
AFP, Aug. 9, 2010
This was reported to PAN by Mullah Muhammad Yousuf, one of the local commanders of the Taliban in the Qaadis Khordak area of Badghis Province, this morning (August 8th).
He said that the woman named Baidi Sanam, resident of the Qaadis Khordak in Qaadis District, was hung for the crime of getting pregnant. He added that the woman had given birth to a stillborn baby. According to his information, the husband of the woman had died four years back, two of her sons were refugees in Iran and the woman was living alone.
The source further added that the execution sentence for the woman was passed by one of the judges of the Taliban in the area called Ahmad.
Abdul Wahid one of the residents of the districts said that the woman was a widow. While confirming her pregnancy, he said that she shouldn’t have been hung but punished in some other way.
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