Afghanistan to Reintroduce Stoning for Adultery

By Eowyn @DrEowyn

Reblogged from Consortium of Defense Analysts:

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A woman is buried up to her waist in preparation of her being stoned to death

Rob Crilly reports for The Telegraph, Nov. 25, 2013

Twelve years after the Taliban was ousted from power Afghanistan is planning to reintroduce public stoning as punishment for adultery, according to a new draft penal code.

The move has shocked human rights campaigners and will dismay donors who have poured billions of pounds into the country for reconstruction.

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Hooray for atavism. Back to the 14th century we go! Wheeeeee! Can someone remind me why EXACTLY our troops are getting killed and wounded in Afghanistan? ~Dr. Eowyn