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'God tells us to finish her': Taliban remind world they are no spent force
  Date 
  July 10, 2012 
Dylan Welch, Ben Doherty
  a.. This video of a 22 year-old Afghan woman being shot, apparently for 
committing adultery, has caused outrage inside and outside Afghanistan. 
WARNING: DISTURBING IMAGES
  a.. 
''WE CANNOT forgive her, God tells us to finish her,'' the bearded Talib 
intones before another man approaches the squatting woman and, yelling ''God is 
great'', fires nine shots, leaving her dead, her body slumped in the dirt.

While public executions of Afghan women were a horrific but common sight under 
the deadly Taliban rule in the 1990s, tragically this death - filmed by an 
anonymous person and now seen by millions around the world - happened last 
month, only two hours from Kabul.

The first two shots strike the dirt next to her, but the next seven find their 
mark, as the village men make what appear to be jeering noises in the 
background.

 
''Barbaric attack'' ... a still taken from a video moments before the execution 
of a young woman called Najiba in Parwan province. Photo: AFP

The image of dozens of men watching compliantly as a Taliban official orders 
the death of the woman will be a blow to the US-led military coalition, which 
after a decade of costly war wishes to portray the Taliban as a spent force and 
Afghanistan as increasingly lawful.

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It comes amid growing reports of attacks against women. In May it was reported 
that 160 schoolgirls were admitted to hospital in northern Afghanistan after 
concerns they had been poisoned.

While it was unclear if the girls had indeed been poisoned or by whom, the case 
was indicative of the unease Afghan women feel as international security forces 
prepare to leave.

Yesterday politicians around the world condemned the killing. The Foreign 
Minister, Bob Carr, said the attack emphasised how much more work needed to be 
done. ''[It is] a barbaric attack on a defenceless woman and another stark 
reminder of the brutalities that were regularly committed under Taliban rule 
and of the task ahead of us in advancing the rights of Afghan women and 
girls,'' he said.

''This is precisely why we're working with the Afghan national government to 
build a sovereign, forward-looking Afghanistan with a constitution that 
protects the rights of women and girls.''

The woman has subsequently been identified by local officials as Najiba - many 
Afghans use only one name - and was in her 20s and did not have children. The 
incident occurred in the village of Qol-i-Heer, less than two hours' drive 
north-west of Kabul, in the Shinwari district of Parwan province.

According to some Afghan authorities she was killed as part of a struggle 
between local Taliban groups. The Governor of Parwan province, Basir Salangi, 
said the men donned burqas to escape to the Taliban-dominated hills surrounding 
the town.

The Taliban verdict stated Najiba was guilty of "illegal sexual relations". 
However, Mr Salangi said Najiba was shot because while she was living with a 
Taliban commander called Qader she had also slept with the Taliban's shadow 
district governor, Mirza Khan.

The men "faked a court to decide about the fate of this woman and in one hour, 
they executed the woman".

The Taliban have not commented on Najiba's execution, but last month a 
spokesman posted a lengthy diatribe online extolling their treatment of women. 
''In this dark period of American occupation and in complete disagreement of 
our Islamic and national customs and culture, women are intentionally being 
pushed towards ignorance; are having to face inhumane conditions under the name 
of democracy.''

The Australian National University's Professor William Maley, considered 
Australia's pre-eminent Afghanistan scholar, said the incident highlighted the 
dangers women face under a ''resurgent'' Taliban.

He said the fact that the Australian embassy in Kabul did not accept refugee 
applications made it very difficult for women fleeing domestic or community 
violence to seek refuge in countries such as Australia.


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