Afghanistan considers reintroduction of public stoning for adulterers

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Afghan government officials have proposed reintroducing public stoning as a punishment for adultery, Human Rights Watch said, even though the practice has been denounced both inside and outside the country as one of the most repugnant symbols of the Taliban regime.
The sentence for married adulterers, along with flogging for unmarried offenders, appears in a draft revision of the country's penal code being managed by the ministry of justice.
There are several references to stoning in a translated section of the draft seen by the Guardian, including detailed notes on judicial requirements for handing down the sentence.
"Men and women who commit adultery shall be punished based on the circumstances to one of the following punishments: lashing, stoning [to death]," article 21 states. The draft goes on to specify that the stoning should be public, in article 23.
News that the government is contemplating bringing back a much-reviled punishment is unlikely to go down well with the western governments that back Kabul.
Afghanistan considers reintroduction of public stoning for adulterers | World news | theguardian.com


Why did we go over there? What did our soldiers die for? Have always believed they would go back to their old ways, this is only the beginning.
 
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And that is what the US saved from the Taliban? I also remember how disappointed the US was when Iraq voted in a religious government the first time they got to vote after the US saved them from Saddam.
 
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Christianna said:
And that is what the US saved from the Taliban? I also remember how disappointed the US was when Iraq voted in a religious government the first time they got to vote after the US saved them from Saddam.
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Nothing to see here...
 
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God if this happened in North America the arm injury list would be longer
than the number of people stoned. Imagine we fought for their liberty as
was the message and they decided to inflict their fear on the Taliban onto
the shoulders of others. I suppose if you replace ignorant tyrants with,
ignorant tyrants you should not expect much change
 
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I watched BBC News tonight and an official from the Taliban was interviewed. He said the Taliban expects to be back in power in December when the 130,000 foreign troops leave and did not dismiss the reintroduction of public whippings and other severities. Many of the provinces are allied with that group, especially the Helmand province. Interestingly, neither Karzai nor any of his allies were interviewed for a response to this report.
 
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It's abuot time. If a conservative Muslim country like Afgha istan can make it leghal to get stoned in public, then by all means Canada should follow suit.

For those that don't know why we were in Afghanistan, it requires a memory longer thsn four months (whihc, I've observed, is aboutt the average attention span of the media). Osama was hiding in Afghanistan, the US askd the Taliban to turn him per, the Taliban told 'em to pound sand. Sept , 2001 was not a great time to piss of the States. Canadea went because Osamas sucker punched our best friend.

As for teh Taliban, they keep telling everyone they will be back in power tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow. Perhaps…but not today.
 
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Sparrow said:
Afghan government officials have proposed reintroducing public stoning as a punishment for adultery, Human Rights Watch said, even though the practice has been denounced both inside and outside the country as one of the most repugnant symbols of the Taliban regime.
The sentence for married adulterers, along with flogging for unmarried offenders, appears in a draft revision of the country's penal code being managed by the ministry of justice.
There are several references to stoning in a translated section of the draft seen by the Guardian, including detailed notes on judicial requirements for handing down the sentence.
"Men and women who commit adultery shall be punished based on the circumstances to one of the following punishments: lashing, stoning [to death]," article 21 states. The draft goes on to specify that the stoning should be public, in article 23.
News that the government is contemplating bringing back a much-reviled punishment is unlikely to go down well with the western governments that back Kabul.
Afghanistan considers reintroduction of public stoning for adulterers | World news | theguardian.com


Why did we go over there? What did our soldiers die for? Have always believed they would go back to their old ways, this is only the beginning.
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Don't they already have enough problems over there?
 
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