Couple Stoned to Death for Adultery

In the Northern part of Afghanistan, a couple got stoned to death after they were accused of adultery by armed militants an official disclosed on Sunday, September 13, 2015.

“A couple was found guilty of adultery charges during a Taliban court hearing in Qalai Sorkh area of Sozma Qala district,” said Hamid Elmi, head of Media Relations Department in the Governor’s office in Northern province of Sar-i-Pol.
Elmi disclosed that Sozma Qala was a volatile district which is under the Taliban controlled province, and that the government could not do anything to alter the situation.
Taliban extremists practice public executions as part of their legal system in the districts where they have wrested control from the central government.