A group of armed men stoned a woman and her daughter to death in Afghanistan's Ghazni province. Officials blamed the Taliban and said they had accused the widow and her daughter of "moral deviation and adultery."
It happened on Thursday in the Khawaja Hakim area of Ghazni city, where the family resided. Police said two men had been arrested in connection with the killings.
Reportedly, armed men entered the house where the young widow lived with her daughter, took them out, and stoned them to death. An official said, "Neighbors did not help or inform the authorities on time."
Officials said religious leaders in the city had been issuing fatwas calling for people to report any one who was "involved in adultery." |