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Couple stoned to death



The brutal practice of stoning those who commit adultery still continues in some parts of the world...

A video of a couple being stoned to death in Afghanistan for alleged adultery has emerged, according to The Daily Mail.

The shocking footage shows Taliban insurgents stoning a couple to death.

Hundreds of villagers can be seen on the video standing around as the unfortunate woman, Siddqa.



She is buried up to her waist in a four-foot hole in the ground.

Two mullahs pass sentence before the crowd begins to throw rocks at her head and body as she desperately tries to crawl free.

But the 19-year-old collapses to the ground, covered in blood and is still alive.

A Taliban fighter proceeds to shoot her three times in the head with an AK-47.

The crowd can be heard shouting allahu akbar as she is killed.

Her lover, Khayyam, is then marched in front of the crowd with his hands tied behind his back.

He is blindfolded with his own tunic and crouches down close to the ground as he tried to protect his body from the stones.

But he is battered to the floor by a barrage of rocks. He can be heard sobbing before eventually falling silent.

The stoning - the first to be documented on film since the Taliban were ousted from power - took place in the district of Dashte Archi, in Kunduz, last August.

It is reported that Siddqa had run away after being sold into an arranged marriage against her will.

She ran away to be with Khayyam, who was already married and had two children, and the pair eloped to Pakistan.

But it is understand that they returned to their home village after being reassured by leaders that they would be unharmed.

This proved to be a fatal mistake.

They were dragged from their families' homes at 2am by Taliban fighters and then put before a kangaroo court before being executed.

The incident took place last October near the Afghan border with Tajikstan, a conservative district with a heavy extremist presence.

The area remains under Taliban control, but regional police have said those behind the stoning will be charged.

To watch the video, click here.

Source: The Daily Mail

Published Jan 28 2011