being accused of adultery, officials said Tuesday,
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.
"Yes, the footage shown in the media is related to
Rokhsahana, who was stoned to death," a spokesman
for Ghor's Governor Seema Joyenda told AFP.
Rokhsahana was stoned by a gathering of "Taliban,
local religious leaders and armed warlords",
Joyenda said.
Joyenda, one of only two female governors inRokhsahana, who was stoned to death," a spokesman
for Ghor's Governor Seema Joyenda told AFP.
Rokhsahana was stoned by a gathering of "Taliban,
local religious leaders and armed warlords",
Joyenda said.
Afghanistan, said Rokhsahana's family had married
her off against her will and that she was caught while
eloping with another man her age, seen as tantamount
to adultery.
The man was let off with a lashing, Joyenda's
spokesman said.
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