Adulterers may be stoned under new Afghan law, official says

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Adulterers may be stoned under new Afghan law, official says

BY MIRWAIS HAROONI AND KATHARINE HOURELD
KABUL Mon Nov 25, 2013 7:54am EST

(Reuters) - Death by stoning for convicted adulterers is being written into Afghan law, a senior official said on Monday, the latest sign that human rights won at great cost since the Taliban were ousted in 2001 are rolling back as foreign troops withdraw.

"We are working on the draft of a sharia penal code where the punishment for adultery, if there are four eyewitnesses, is stoning," said Rohullah Qarizada, who is part of the sharia Islamic law committee working on the draft and head of the Afghan Independent Bar Association.

Billions have been invested on promoting human rights in Afghanistan over more than 12 years of war and donors fear that hard won progress, particularly for women, may be eroding.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/25/us-afghanistan-rights-idUSBRE9AO0EB20131125

[Ilsa]

1. Fuck. Let's round the leadership up

and send them to Mars.

I'm tired of wasting money and blood on these goddam ignorant bastards.

[JimboBillyBubbaBob]

2. You make a great...

...point!

[Turbineguy]

3. Presumably

that means only women.

[Eugene]

4. Not necessarily.

Offending couples have been stoned together.

[Laelth]

5. k&r for exposure. n/t

-Laelth

[unhappycamper]

6. Afghanistan was always a distraction for dubya and crew.

Afghanistan was the pretense to our Iraq invasion and occupation.

By time the dust settles, our Afghanistan and Iraq adventures will add at least $3 trillion dollars to the nation debt.

Poppy $ales are up and Shiria law is coming back.