Death by stoning for convicted adulterers is being written into Afghan law, a
senior official said on Monday, the latest sign that human rights won at great
cost since the Taliban were ousted in 2001 are rolling back as foreign troops
withdraw.
"We are working on the draft of a sharia penal code where
the punishment for adultery, if there are four eyewitnesses, is stoning," said
Rohullah Qarizada, who is part of the sharia Islamic law committee working on
the draft and head of the Afghan Independent Bar Association.
Billions have been invested on promoting human rights in
Afghanistan over more than 12 years of war and donors
fear that hard won progress, particularly for women, may be eroding. Keep reading
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