Afghan woman executed for adultery.Afghan authorities arrested a group of men who are accused of stoning a woman to death for committing adultery. In late April, six people including the victim's father were arrested according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Afghan Interior Minister Lutfullah Mashal, Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse (AFP) French cooperative news agency. Based in Paris, it has roots in the Bureau Havas, created in 1832, which in 1835 became the Agence Havas, the world's first true news agency. reported. The minister said the men would be taken to the nation's capital, Kabul, to be put on trial. An official in the northeastern province of Badakhshan said he had received numerous reports that the woman, Amina, had been stoned to death for adultery on the order of a religious leader. In an investigative piece in The Washington Post, the Washington Post, The Morning daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the dominant paper in the U.S. capital and one of the nation's leading newspapers. Established in 1877 as a Democratic Party organ, it changed orientation and ownership several times and faced woman's mother said she did not grieve over her daughter's brutal murder. "My daughter was a criminal and a sinner sin·ner n. 1. One that sins or does wrong; a transgressor. 2. A scamp. Noun 1. sinner - a person who sins (without repenting) evildoer who brought dishonor To refuse to accept or pay a draft or to pay a promissory note when duly presented. An instrument is dishonored when a necessary or optional presentment is made and due acceptance or payment is refused, or cannot be obtained within the prescribed time, or in case of bank collections, on my name," the woman told the Post reporter. Although Afghanistan's newly adopted constitution calls for equal rights for women, much of the nation remains ruled by provincial leaders who enforce strict Islamic laws. |
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