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Taliban Lashes Afghan Woman After Being Out With Relative
F*cking killjoysAn Afghan woman has been flogged in public in Kohistanat district of Sar-e-Pul province after being accused of leaving her house with a strange man. Video footage handed over to TOLOnews shows the woman being flogged by Taliban militants in the once peaceful district. This is the second such video to emerge in only a few days. The previous incident took place earlier this week when a Faryab woman was subjected to a public lashing after being accused of having a phone conversation with a strange man. In the latest incident, the Taliban militants accused the woman of traveling with a strange man. However, these claims have been rejected by officials who said she had been with her brother-in-law. Accusing the woman of going against Islamic values, the Taliban meted out a public lashing against both woman and man. Local officials in Sar-e-Pul have confirmed the incident but said no one has officially filed a complaint against the Taliban. A resident of Sar-e-Pul province who sent in the video to TOLOnews said that the Taliban lashed the woman and her brother-in-law after they were on their way to a doctor. The video shows the woman constantly pleading with the Taliban to stop - saying her husband had not been home and she had needed to see a doctor. "Oh Allah (God) help me, please do not beat me," the women chants in the video footage. Insurgents have reportedly controlled Kohistanat district for the past four months. "Kohistanat is one of the districts which is controlled by the Taliban. We were also informed about the incident and this will not be the first nor the last of such crimes," Sar-e-Pul governor Mohammad Zahir Wahdat said. Rights groups and the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) have condemned the act of violence against the woman, calling it an act of atrocity and against Sharia (Islamic law). "The Independent Human Rights Commission condemns such open trials as they are in contradiction to Sharia law and other laws," said AIHRC spokesman Rafiullah Bedar. Violence against women has increased in the country this year with the Sar-e-Pul incident being the second of its kind in just one week. Posted by: badanov 2016-02-12 |
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