Video shows Afghan woman executed by Taliban; Treatment of women continues to erode

(CBS News) KABUL - The international Afghan Donors Conference in Tokyo today pledged $16 billion in development aid through 2015. Some of that aid is conditional on improved rights for Afghan women. Those rights are literally under attack by the Taliban in many parts of Afghanistan.

Disturbing video has emerged of a woman being executed by the Taliban in the middle of a village.

The woman was accused of adultery. After she was killed, male villagers cheered.

Some chanted "long live the Afghan mujahedeen," which is what the Taliban are called.

The shooting took place roughly 50 miles from the capital city of Kabul, in Parwan province, according to Governor Abdul Basir Salangi.

He told CBS News that Parwan is a relatively peaceful area but has seen a growing Taliban influence. He says the woman had been romantically involved with two Taliban commanders.

Fawzia Koofi, a member of Afghanistan's parliament who has seen the video, says the treatment of women has worsened over the past year.

"It is really very much a sharp turn, and a huge backward (step) on what we claim to have progressed on women's issue in Afghanistan," she said.

The Afghan government put out a statement saying it, quote, "strongly condemns this un-Islamic and inhuman action."

It was a deadly day all across Afghanistan: 24 people were killed, including seven U.S. soldiers. The concern is that the Taliban are feeling emboldened as U.S. troops prepare to withdraw this fall.

[ParadoxisOK]

The disgusting Taliban are doing nothing more than what the evangelical fundamentalist in the good ole USofA would start doing if given the chance. They would take us back to the good ole days of witch burnings, blasphemers burning and hangings and floggings for most any crime that involved anything that didn't seem religious enough!

It isn't just Islam that is a failed religion, they all are! Definitely dope for the easily duped and naive. The "opiate for the masses" the only thing that Marx got right!

This execution is disgusting for many reasons. One can't help noticing that the crowd cheering are mostly ignorant, stupid, naive men who can think of nothing more to do than do murder to make them feel good.

[chris395435]

What a bigot. Why in the world would one muslim be responsible for policing another just because they share the same belief? I don't blame all Catholic Christians for child molesting priests or Protestants for the KKK or radical groups like the Branch Davidians. Blaming a group of people or placing responsibility on a group of people due to the actions of some is bigotry. Plain and simple.

We Americans lead the world in murder, robbery and assault. We promote homosexuality and sexual promiscuity.

[ParadoxisOK]

"I don't blame all Catholic Christians for child molesting priests or Protestants for the KKK or radical groups like the Branch Davidians"

You should.

[fredisalive]

dont knock the taliban, our right wing politics is not that different from the taliban way of doing business! One side is right wing Islam and the other right wing Christian, same wing nuts!

[ugot2bkiddgme]

Your an IDIOT !

[lesserof2evil]

truth hurts, doesn't it?

[knewsteerrrrr]

Looks like the guy missed on the first shot!
She was lucky she wasn't stoned to death instead of just being shot.

[mandarina65]

Followed the link to here from the BBC, comments over there are mostly outrage over the event and discussion about the Taliban. Discussion here is about US politics, how ridiculous! You bring bi-partisan politics into absolutely EVERYTHING, it's just exhausting for the rest of us.

[KPeters_from_UK]

by hek211 July 8, 2012 7:42 PM EDT
These are the fine Folks who Obama and Hillary want to negotiate with and the World Press is leading the way on banning Drone strikes on these guys.
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Wait...............who was the one for EIGHT YEARS tried to work woth Afghanistan by pouring billions into the country....Oh yeah it was Bush Jr.


Tell me why the Tea Party Baggers are so short sighted and can't remember anything older than 3 years?

[KPeters_from_UK]

by jgg000010 July 8, 2012 10:56 PM EDT
you're forgetting that poor little old restaurant owner obama killed this weekend.
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Are you kidding me?

Typical from a GOP to blame EVERYTHING on Obama even an elderly woman's death from NATURAL CAUSES.

[skeezix06]

Let me guess. This means we need to stay and continue to fight to free people who don't want us there and incidentally gives us a reason to not cut the military's budget?

Bottom line. We can't afford to go to war and we passed the point where we couldn't afford the huge amount of money the military said they needed about 10 years ago.

[knewsteerrrrr]

Bingo! you guessed right, 10 points.

[rwsmith29456]

What punishment did the two Taliban get??

[WingerforLife]

Report I read was that the two were killed by a senior Taliban official

[Lerianis6]

Find both the people who did this AND the people who countenanced it and lock them up for the rest of their lives.

That's the only way to deal with religious zealots, put them where they cannot harm anyone else.

[AllMimsey]

"The Afghan government ..."strongly condemns this un-Islamic and inhuman action." Seriously? Un-Islamic? So who has been murdering women routinely for the past several decades if it isn't the Muslims? Killing women is the HALLMARK of Islam. The Afghan government has a long way to go it it thinks the world believes its hogwash. Un-Islamic my ass.

[chris395435]

What a bigot. Why in the world would one muslim be responsible for policing another just because they share the same belief? I don't blame all Catholic Christians for child molesting priests or Protestants for the KKK or radical groups like the Branch Davidians. Blaming a group of people or placing responsibility on a group of people due to the actions of some is bigotry. Plain and simple.

We Americans lead the world in murder, robbery and assault. We promote homosexuality and sexual promiscuity.