


The woman, named by officials as Rokhsahana and aged between
19 and 21, can be heard repeating the shahada, or Muslim profession of faith,
her voice growing increasingly high-pitched in the nearly 30-second clip run in
Afghan media.
- Local authorities confirmed the footage, which is playing on Afghan media and is going viral on Facebook. “Yes, the footage shown in the media is related to Rokhsahana, who was stoned to death,” a spokesman for the provincial governor told AFP.

Rokhsahana had been “stoned to death by Taliban, local religious leaders and irresponsible armed warlords,” Joyenda told AFP.
- Joyenda, one of Afghanistan’s only two female governors, said that according to authorities’ information Rokhsahana’s family had “married her to someone against her will and she was eloping with a man her age”.
- She condemned the stoning, calling on Kabul to take action to “clean the area”.
- “This is the first incident in this area but will not be the last. Women in general have problems all over the country, but especially in Ghor… The man with whom she was eloping has not been stoned.”
- Ghor police chief Mustafa Mohseni told AFP that the incident happened in a Taliban-controlled area, confirming that it was the first such incident “this year”.

It was relatively common in Afghanistan during the Taliban
rule from 1996-2001, however.
SourceL – AFP
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