Video: Married Afghan woman stoned to death by Taliban for eloping with another man

Ghor: A married Afghan woman stoned to death for eloping with another man. Stoning is recorded in the video which got viral on Facebook.

Sources revealed that the woman was married against her will. The video of the stoning shows a woman in a hole in the ground and men hurl stones at her.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWFqGJQmEiI

 

Officials named the victim as Rokhsahana, aged between 19 and 21. Local authorities also confirmed the footage.

Seema Joyenda, Governor of Ghor Province said Rokhsahana had been stoned to death by Taliban and local religious leaders about a week ago in Ghalmeen.