The Taliban also does not have a monopoly on the violence, cautioned Christine Fair, with the Center for Peace and Security Studies at Georgetown University. The public execution is the latest and among the most shocking examples of violence against women in Afghanistan, but it is far from an isolated case. There has been too much progress made by too many brave Afghans, especially on the part of women, for this kind of criminal behavior to be tolerated.” “The Taliban’s continued brutality toward innocent civilians, particularly women, must be condemned in the strongest terms. “Let’s be clear, this wasn’t justice, this was murder, and an atrocity of unspeakable cruelty,” ISAF commander Gen. The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan also condemned the execution. “The protection of women’s rights is critical around the world, but especially in Afghanistan, where such rights were ignored, attacked and eroded under Taliban rule,” the American embassy said in a statement on Sunday. The United States condemned the killing “in the strongest possible terms,” calling it a “cold-blooded murder.” Koofi wept on Saturday as she watched the video of the execution. “She didn’t even say one word to defend herself.” “I think we will have to do something serious about this, we will have to do something as women, but also as human beings,” she said. Lawmaker Fawzia Koofi called it a huge backward step for women’s issues in Afghanistan. The killing took place in the village of Qimchok, not far north of the capital Kabul. It is not clear from the video when it was filmed. “We went there to investigate and we are still looking for people who were involved in this brutal act,” he said. Then they “faked a court to decide about the fate of this woman and in one hour, they executed the woman,” he added.īoth Taliban commanders were subsequently killed by a third Taliban commander, Salangi said. “In order to save face,” they accused her of adultery, Salangi said. Officials in Afghanistan, where the amateur video was filmed, believe the woman was executed because two Taliban commanders had a dispute over her, according to the governor of the province where the killing took place.īoth apparently had some kind of relationship with the woman, said Parwan province governor Abdul Basir Salangi. government in the video to make a prisoner swap deal for Bergdahl.Around him, dozens of men on a hillside cheer: “God is great!”
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you are fighting very smart people who know exactly how to kill us and are extremely patient.”Ī spokesman for the Taliban also urged the U.S. “To all you soldiers out there who are getting ready to come over here for the first time because of the stupidity of our country and leaders. In the video, Bergdahl tells his fellow soldiers they are facing a well-organized and patient enemy - perhaps a reference to a statement made by the White House last month saying the United States would not be in Afghanistan in nine years’ time. They spoke instead with a relative elsewhere in the state who had seen it, and it was described to them. The parents, who Marsano declined to further identify, were unable to view the video for themselves because of a major power outage that left them without television or Internet service on Friday. They added: “To Bowe: we love you and we believe in you. “The Bergdahl family pleads with the captors to let our only son come home,” his parents said in a brief statement issued on their behalf by Marsano. “I’m afraid to tell you that this war has slipped from our fingers and it’s just going to be our next Vietnam unless the American people stand up and stop all this nonsense,” he says. leaders for their treatment of Muslims in Iraq and Afghanistan and warns that the U.S. It is not clear when the video, the second of him released since his capture, was made. He gives his name, hometown and other personal details before saying he is a prisoner of war of the Taliban. military-style uniform, including a military helmet. soldier in captivity there, issued an appeal for his release and urged their son to “stay strong.”īergdahl, whose identity was confirmed by his family, appears in the video wearing sunglasses and a U.S.
The parents of Idaho National Guard Private Bowe Bergdahl, who was taken prisoner in Afghanistan this summer and is the only known U.S. soldier captured by the Taliban in southeastern Afghanistan in late June. Undated image from video footage taken from a Taliban-affiliated website shows a man who says he is Private First Class Bowe R.
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